Re: COPY doesnt work on views

From: Anand Raman <araman(at)india-today(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: COPY doesnt work on views
Date: 2000-12-13 18:20:24
Message-ID: 20001213235024.A18935@india-today.com
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hi
If getting the output of the query is all u want then u can spol the
output of the query to a file..
I think it is done using
\o ..
Hope this helps
Annad
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 04:36:10PM +0000, Steve Heaven wrote:
>The COPY .... TO filename doesnt seem to work.
>Copying a table works OK. If Copy from a view isnt allowed how can I get
>the results of a query into an external file?
>
>Example:
>
>=> \d top_hits
>View = top_hits
>Query = SELECT "company"."name", "co_hits"."hits" FROM "company",
>"co_hits" WHERE ("co_hits"."number" = "company"."number");
>
>
>=>copy top_hits to STDOUT;
>Copy command returns...
>
>Thanks
>
>Steve
>
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