Re: COPY form stdin and file - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: COPY form stdin and file
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Msg-id 45EBDF99.2090404@archonet.com
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In response to COPY form stdin and file  ("senges" <csengstock@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
senges wrote:
> Hi all,
> when untaring a pg_dumped tar file the data gets populated like this:
>
> -----------------
> COPY mytable (id, attr1, attr2) FROM stdin;
> \.
> copy mytable (id, attr1, attr2)  from '$$PATH$$/2387.dat' ;
> -----------------
>
> where $$PATH$$ gets replaced by the current path.
>
> Anyone knows whats the aim of this ?
> The ".\" throws an error within the pgadmin sql query window:
> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "\" at character

The "\." on a separate line ends the COPY ... FROM stdin above it.

I'm not sure pgadmin has a "stdin" to process data from though.

pg_restore is probably the tool you want to use.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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