Re: [SQL] importing a pre sql db

On Tue, 4 Aug 1998 SierraAdm(at)aol(dot)com wrote:

> I have, as user postgres, created the database wc_fields via createdb.
> Now I wish to create some tables.
> The man pages - man copy - tell me how to copy values.
> How do I set up my table definitions from an external file?
> I would like to convert my existing table definition which is in the form
> database wc_fields
> file wc_members
> field wc_last_name type character length 20
> ... more such fields ...
> I can convert that to
> create table wc_members (
> wc_last_name char(20),
> ... more such ... )
> How do I get it in as the table definition?

You can put the definition in a file, and then use the psql '\i filename'
command to let psql read commands from that file. Or you could do:

cat filename | psql wc_fields

If you need passwords, use 'psql -u' and set the env variables PGUSER and
PGPASSWORD first.

Maarten

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