Re: [GENERAL] COPY to question - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Steve Atkins
Subject Re: [GENERAL] COPY to question
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Msg-id 9A335492-279E-403F-9A40-68FB04A11ADD@blighty.com
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In response to [GENERAL] COPY to question  (Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>)
List pgsql-general
> On Jan 17, 2017, at 10:23 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>
>  Running -9.6.1. I have a database created and owned by me, but cannot copy
> a table to my home directory. Postgres tells me it cannot write to that
> directory. The only way to copy tables to files is by doing so as the
> superuser (postgres).
>
>  Why is this, and can I change something so I, as a user, can copy tables
> directly to ~/?

You can use "\copy" from psql to do the same thing as the SQL copy command,
but writing files as the user running psql, rather than the postgresql superuser
role. That's probably what you need.

Cheers,
  Steve



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