Thread: \COPY in psql using \e
I'm connecting to a DB with psql -h host DB once in psql I'd like to \e create temp table t1 ...; \copy t1 from 'filename' ... select * from t1; [ESC]:x what I get is: CREATE TABLE ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" LINE 3: select * from t1; ^ \copy: ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" LINE 3: select * from t1; ^ Now if I do: \e create temp table t1 ...; \copy t1 from 'filename' ... [ESC]:x select * from t1; everything works fine. I've a lot of script files that actually contain mixed \COPY and "plain" SQL statement eg. truncate table t1; \copy t1 from 'filename1' insert into d1...; truncate table t2; \copy t2 from 'filename2 insert into d1...; that I execute as: psql -h host DB < myscript.sql and everything is fine. Of course one solution could be to open a file in vi in a xterm and execute it from another xterm. Anything cleaner? thanks -- Ivan Sergio Borgonovo http://www.webthatworks.it