Re: COPY question

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Szymon Guz <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COPY question
Date: 2010-10-21 21:28:23
Message-ID: 4CC0B077.7020700@iol.ie
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On 21/10/2010 22:16, Szymon Guz wrote:
> Hi,
> I still get the same error while using COPY FROM 'file'. I have to pass
> the full directory for this to work, example:
>
> COPY first (a,b,c) FROM '1st_file.csv' with csv header delimiter ',';
> ERROR: could not open file "1st_file.csv" for reading: No such file or
> directory
>
> The same when I use: '.1st_file.csv' or './1st_file.csv'.
>
> No errors when I give the full path.

Yes, that's documented behaviour - you need to give the full path.

> Giving the full path is stupid, how can I use just the file name?

Why is it stupid?

Ray.

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