Re: copy command

I think you need the quote around the file name since it's not a keyword and it's text.
Then your dns.txt file needs to be formated correctly, especially concerning the separator : by default I think TABs are used and \N is used to say NULL. You can go aver that with USING DELIMITERS ';' for example and WITH NULL AS '' if your dns.txt look like this :
aeomc04;10.121.4.157
somcmd1;10.121.23.57
aeomc05;10.121.4.162
gsmomc6;10.121.4.154

hope this helps
Arnaud

----- Original Message -----
From: "Duncan Adams (DNS)" <duncan(dot)adams(at)vcontractor(dot)co(dot)za>
To: "postgres sql list" <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:53 PM
Subject: [SQL] copy command

hi all

how do you use the copy command
call me dumb, i have RTFM but i don't seem to get it.

an exstract from my dns.txt file.

aeomc04 10.121.4.157
somcmd1 10.121.23.57
aeomc05 10.121.4.162
gsmomc6 10.121.4.154

wire_dev=> copy dns_ip from dns.txt
wire_dev-> ;
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "dns"
wire_dev=> copy dns_ip from /database/pgsql/dns.txt
wire_dev-> ;
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "/"
wire_dev=>
wire_dev=> \d dns_ip
Table "dns_ip"
Attribute | Type | Modifier
-----------+-----------------------+----------
dns | character varying(32) |
ip | character varying(32) |

thanx

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