Tom had posted a question about file compression with copy. I thought about it, and I want to through this out and see if anyone things it is a good idea.
Currently, the COPY command only copies a table, what if it could operate with a query, as: COPY (select * from mytable where foo='bar') as BAR TO stdout I have no idea if it is doable, but I can see uses for replication psql -h source mydb -c "COPY (select * from mytable where ID > xxxxx) as mytable TO STDOUT" | psql -h target mydb -c "COPY mytable FROM stdin" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq