Perl query error - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Hello,
I'm trying to use a Perl script to export a query result to a text file.
The result should have no header or footer information.  However, when I
run the script, I get a message: DBD::Pg::st execute failed: ERROR:
parser: parse error at or near "/" at ./mdcupc.pl line 189.

Here's the section where the error occurs:


     # Send command to not print header or footer information
     my $query = $dbh->prepare("\t")
          or die "Cannot prepare SQL statement: $DBI::errstr\n";
          $query->execute ;


     # Send command to not print header or footer information
       $query = $dbh->prepare("select * from upc_export_v  \g
/home/ftp/pub/Incoming/postgres/ozupc.txt;")
          or die "Cannot prepare SQL statement: $DBI::errstr\n";
          $query->execute ;

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Patrick Hatcher
Macys.Com
Legacy Integration Developer
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