On 2/24/26 8:13 AM, Oleg Dushin wrote:
Hello everyone,
I couldn't find anything on this topic in the mailing lists or in the
documentation for the ‘pg_background’ extension.
https://github.com/vibhorkum/pg_background?tab=readme-ov-file#known-
limitations
Perhaps I overlooked something.
My question is: Is it possible to use the COPY protocol in combination
with pg_background?
More specifically, is it possible to load data from a file into a table
via background worker process?
COPY country FROM ‘/usr1/proj/bray/sql/country_data’;
Would the following call or something similar be possible and achieve
the desired result??
pg_background_launch_v2(‘COPY country FROM ’/usr1/proj/bray/sql/
country_data');
What happens when you try?
Though be aware that COPY needs server user access to the file.
If there is an error I would suggest reporting it here:
https://github.com/vibhorkum/pg_background/issues
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-copy.html
Kind regards,
Oleg
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