Re: input from a file

> I have a dump from a msql database into a file and would like postgre
> to build the tables and insert the data into those tables. How do I
> go about getting postgre to read commands from a file?

Here is a simple example (the following is in a file I would call
career_positions.psql) :

CREATE TABLE "career_positions" (
"cpid" smallint,
"f_ecid" smallint REFERENCES employment_categories (ecid),
"career_positions_name" character varying(60),
"orderby" smallint
);

COPY "career_positions" FROM stdin;
32 8 Accountant and Auditor 32
33 8 Advertising/Marketing 33
596 20 Writers and Authors 596
\.

create index cpid_index on career_positions (cpid);
create index cp_name_index on career_positions
(career_positions_name);

_end file

and then just

psql database < career_positions.psql

Peter
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