I am trying to do a summary query in one DB, and populate a table in another.
This is how I'm doing it:
psql -h db1 -d d1 -U u1 -A -F, -t -f a.sql | psql -h db2 -d d2 -U u2 [...]
Now, this ellipsis is what is causing consternation.
1. If the ellipsis is -c "$( < b.sql )" my target table gets populated.
2. If the ellipsis is -f b.sql my target table does not get populated.
My b.sql is as follows:
\COPY table_name FROM STDIN CSV
That's it. Why does (1) work but (2) does not? To the purist in me,
(2) is the preferred syntax so what should I do to ensure that it
works?
TIA,
Binand
