Joe wrote:
Hi Paul,
On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 08:19 +0900, Paul Lambert wrote:
I'm attempting to copy from a table into a file using a select query
inside the copy.
The following is my command:
COPY (SELECT DISTINCT ON (dealer_id,appraisal_id) * FROM
appraisals_temp) TO 'c:\autodrs_appraisal_new.txt' WITH DELIMITER AS '^'
CSV HEADER;
I get the following returned:
WARNING: nonstandard use of escape in a string literal
LINE 1: ...ealer_id,appraisal_id) * FROM appraisals_temp) TO 'C:\autodr...
^
HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'.
ERROR: relative path not allowed for COPY to file
SQL state: 42602
(The caret character is pointing to the M in FROM)
I believe that on Windows you need to use double backslashes, i.e., 'c:\
\autodrs_appraisal_new.txt', although the regular slash may also work,
i.e., 'c:/autodrs_appraisal_new.txt'.
Joe
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If this is the case, it is strange that the first copy statement works
as that is also only using a single backslash.
Having said that, if I switch it to a forward slash it works without
error... odd, given that weenblows standard is backslash.
Thanks for the help though.
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Paul Lambert
Database Administrator
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