Re: COPY TO looses on view

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Steve Pothier <pothiers(at)aries(dot)tucson(dot)saic(dot)com>
Cc: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: COPY TO looses on view
Date: 2001-07-11 21:53:41
Message-ID: 200107112153.f6BLrfI26497@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Thank _you_.
>
> I didn't see anything in the documentation under COPY TO that
> indicated it should not work with views. Since you say it should
> raise and error, the documentation should probably be updated too.
>
> -Steve Pothier-
>
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:56:29 -0400
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
>
> Steve Pothier <pothiers(at)aries(dot)tucson(dot)saic(dot)com> writes:
> > I created a simple view from an existing table. I can select on the
> > view ok but COPY TO "does nothing" (no error, no output).
>
> It should raise an error. Thanks for pointing that out.

OK, the following patch throws an error if you try to COPY TO/FROM
views.

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