On 12/8/23 07:45, David Gauthier wrote: > Hi: > > I'm trying to run a PG client side "\copy" command from a perl script. > I tried using $dbh->do("\\copy ...") but it barffed when it saw the '\'... > ERROR: syntax error at or near "\" > > I can do this with a command line approach, attaching to the DB then > run using... > -c "\copy ...". But I was wondering if there is a more elegant way to > do this, maybe some sort of legal SQL command that Perl/DBI would > swallow ???
Right. Since the copy api isn't really a standard thing in the SQL world you cannot usually use generic database APIs, you need to use driver-specific interfaces.
