Re: COPY example for partial tables

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COPY example for partial tables
Date: 2005-10-13 04:08:51
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On Wed, 2005-12-10 at 10:55 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> <para>
> + To copy into a file just the countries whose names start with 'A'
> + using a temporary table which is automatically deleted:
> + </para>
> + <programlisting>
> + BEGIN;
> + CREATE TEMP TABLE a_list_COUNTRIES AS
> + SELECT * FROM country WHERE country_name LIKE 'A%';
> + COPY a_list_countries TO '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/a_list_countries.copy';
> + ROLLBACK;
> + </programlisting>
> + </para>

The capitalization of "a_list_countries" is inconsistent -- both
references should all be in lowercase, IMO.

-Neil

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