Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query

2007-02-12 Thread Steve Midgley
Hi, For what it's worth, WindowsXP (at least) seems to currently support forward slashes at the OS level, so this Postgres behavior isn't as odd as it might seem. If you enclose your paths with double quote (") marks, Windows will even accept Unix style paths for some instructions on the comm

Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-12 Thread Richard Huxton
Paul Lambert wrote: Phillip Smith wrote: "Having said that, if I switch it to a forward slash it works without error... odd, given that weenblows standard is backslash." Yes, but PostgreSQL uses a back-slash as an escape character, which needs to be used to escape itself at an application lev

Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Lambert
Phillip Smith wrote: "Having said that, if I switch it to a forward slash it works without error... odd, given that weenblows standard is backslash." Yes, but PostgreSQL uses a back-slash as an escape character, which needs to be used to escape itself at an application level before the O/S gets

Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-11 Thread Phillip Smith
al with it :) -p -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Lambert Sent: Monday, 12 February 2007 11:09 To: Joe Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query. Joe wrote: > Hi Paul, > > On Mon, 2007-02-12 at 08:19 +0900,

Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Lambert
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_ne

Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-11 Thread Joe
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_ne

Re: [SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Lambert
An INSERT INTO will fix my problem with needing the extra copy from and copy to. I'm still curious as to why i was being told I couldn't specify a relative path though. P. -- Paul Lambert Database Administrator AutoLedgers ---(end of broadcast)--

[SQL] COPY FROM query.

2007-02-11 Thread Paul Lambert
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: WAR