Hi all,
Is there a way to pipe text into a COPY statement's stdin input using
cmd-line psql?
I'm using the following syntax to enter large strings of text into a
table. The text itself has a json-like syntax that has the potential
for carrying numerous special characters.
On 06/21/11 12:43 PM, Scott Frankel wrote:
Hi all,
Is there a way to pipe text into a COPY statement's stdin input using
cmd-line psql?
I'm using the following syntax to enter large strings of text into a
table. The text itself has a json-like syntax that has the potential
for carrying
On Jun 21, 2011, at 15:43, Scott Frankel wrote:
Is there a way to pipe text into a COPY statement's stdin input using
cmd-line psql?
cat myfile | psql -c COPY mytable (name, description, text) FROM stdin
- The db is password protected, so invoking `psql` as a non-interactive
command may
John, Michael,
Thanks for the thorough tips. Worked perfectly! The .pgpass file is
quite useful. Could've saved myself a lot of typing the past few years!
Note that since I already prepared a CSV formated file for the COPY
statement, once I created the .pgpass file, I opted for
