On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 9:01 AM Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> 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 ??? > > Per David Johnston post: > > https://metacpan.org/pod/DBD::Pg#COPY-support > > 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. David J.