Hi Andreas, FYI, I am using PostgreSQL 8.1.4.
Thanks and Regards, Siva. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Siva Palanisamy Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 4:48 PM To: Andreas Kretschmer; pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Copy command to handle view for my export requirement Hi Andreas, I tried the command as below. It failed. Please correct me. \copy (select * from view1) to '/sample.csv' delimiters ',' csv header; ERROR: \copy: parse error at "select" Thanks and Regards, Siva. -----Original Message----- From: pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Kretschmer Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:23 PM To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Copy command to handle view for my export requirement Siva Palanisamy <siv...@hcl.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I understand that copy and \copy commands in PostgreSQL work only for tables. > I > want it to export the data from varies tables. Instead, I can create a view > for > the list of tables. Can the copy or \copy commands be utilized to operate on > views directly? Please let me know on this. Sure, you can do that (with recent versions) with: copy (select * from your_view) to ... Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general ::DISCLAIMER:: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It shall not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of the author of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any mail and attachments please check them for viruses and defect. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
