On Aug 13, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

"Terri Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I have data that is being updated in a table that I need to export to a flat file via a database trigger on insert or update. The user performing the update will not be a superuser. I've tried to use COPY TO, but that doesn't
work for non-superusers.

It will if invoked in a trigger function that's marked SECURITY DEFINER
and owned by a superuser.

Also/Or, make sure the that the correct filesystem write permissions are set on the file/directory to which you're writing for which ever user whose permissions the trigger function is executed as.

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