Re: Inserting file content into column - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Noel Faux
Subject Re: Inserting file content into column
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Msg-id 4484CFB1.8070200@med.monash.edu.au
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In response to Inserting file content into column  ("Moravec Jan" <Jan.Moravec@ips-ag.cz>)
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Hi Moravec,

Look at the COPY command.

Cheers
Noel

Moravec Jan wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is there a built-in function that reads the contents of a (textual) file which could then be inserted into a given
(varchar)column. What I am after is something like: 
>
> insert into cert ( cert_id,...., x509_data ) values ( nextval('seq_cert'), ...., load_file('./ca/mycert.pem') );
>
> I need to do that from a DB init SQL script rather then from an application.
>
> Thanks you,
> Jan Moravec
>
>
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