Re: Copy from a SELECT

From: Christoph Haller <ch(at)rodos(dot)fzk(dot)de>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: val(at)webtribe(dot)net
Subject: Re: Copy from a SELECT
Date: 2003-02-28 09:34:41
Message-ID: 3E5F2D30.1F27A69F@rodos.fzk.de
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>
> I've got *very* limited HDD space for the amount of information I need
to
> copy out. The place to where the CSV file is would be output is NTFS
and
> from the Postgres documentation, it states that I should not put the
table
> oid files there and link in order to free up space in the default
drive.
>
> I've tried using \o to stream the output to a file on the NTFS area,
but the
> machine ran out of memory (memory = 2G).
Are you using PgAccess? Did you think about using psql, possibly via
script?
I can hardly imagine psql would run a 2G machine out of memory.
>
> I was looking for a work around to copy out the section of data I
wanted to
> a temporary table and then copy that table out .....
Using \o FILENAME within psql does not even require a temp table,
because
query results are simply sent to FILENAME.
>
Or did I misunderstand your intentions completely?

Regards, Christoph

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