Thread: COPY FROM STDIN not in local file

Is there a way to do COPY FROM STDIN from sql? So, remotely I could
run the copy command and somehow push the info over instead of having
it on the server.

-Josh

You have to use psql's \copy.

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Josh Close wrote:
> Is there a way to do COPY FROM STDIN from sql? So, remotely I could
> run the copy command and somehow push the info over instead of having
> it on the server.
>
> -Josh
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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:40:34 -0500, Josh Close <narshe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to do COPY FROM STDIN from sql? So, remotely I could
> run the copy command and somehow push the info over instead of having
> it on the server.

For those who are curious, I found a php implementation of this. It
uses the postgre put_line function.

<?php
   $conn = pg_pconnect("dbname=foo");
   pg_query($conn, "create table bar (a int4, b char(16), d float8)");
   pg_query($conn, "copy bar from stdin");
   pg_put_line($conn, "3\thello world\t4.5\n");
   pg_put_line($conn, "4\tgoodbye world\t7.11\n");
   pg_put_line($conn, "\\.\n");
   pg_end_copy($conn);
?>

-Josh