Re: copy to program with format binary - Mailing list pgsql-admin

On Mon, 2021-09-27 at 08:24 -0600, Scott Ribe wrote:
> Are the "to program" and binary format not compatible?
> 
> copy msgs (msg) to program 'bzip2 > /...' with format binary
> 
> gives me a syntax error at "format"
> 
> Trying older-style syntax without "with" does the same thing.

The correct syntax is:

COPY msgs (msg) TO PROGRAM 'bzip2 > /...' WITH (FORMAT 'binary');

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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