From: | Reece Hart <reece(at)harts(dot)net> |
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To: | Richard Yen <dba(at)richyen(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: creating a dumpfile from a view |
Date: | 2006-10-31 00:43:23 |
Message-ID: | 1162255403.4583.90.camel@snafu.site |
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On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 16:02 -0800, Richard Yen wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to create a dumpfile for a client. The data is
> gathered from about 7 tables, and I need to output all the columns as
> the client wishes.
[snip]
> Would anyone know how to dump the data from the view? I tried the
> following, but it doesn't work:
I often export data with psqland feed to a spreadsheet, like this:
$ psql -F'<tab>' -Ac 'select col1,col2 from aview' >aview.csv
$ OOo aview.csv
Perhaps that will work for you. <tab> is generated by typing ctrl-v,
then <tab>. ctrl-v inserts the next char literally. I dunno about the
ill begotten csh-derivatives. Fortunately, I've never had conflicts with
the delimiter choice and the data. You may not be so lucky.
If you're truly looking for the view data in pg_dump format, the only
thing I can think of is to materialize the view and dump that.
A similar effect could be obtained by synthesizing a create table
statement appropriate for the psql data export as above and using the
copy command to load data. That could all be wrapped into a single file
to be passed to psql for loading.
-Reece
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Reece Hart, http://harts.net/reece/, GPG:0x25EC91A0
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