Index: doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.67 diff -c -r1.67 copy.sgml *** doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml 5 Sep 2005 14:44:05 -0000 1.67 --- doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml 11 Oct 2005 23:00:40 -0000 *************** *** 709,714 **** --- 709,730 ---- + To copy just the countries whose names start with 'A' into a file + using a temporary table which goes away at the end of the + transaction. This workaround will probably not be + needed for PostgreSQL 8.2 and + later. + + BEGIN; + CREATE TEMP TABLE a_list_COUNTRIES AS + SELECT * FROM country WHERE country_name LIKE 'A%'; + COPY a_list_countries TO '/usr1/proj/bray/sql/a_list_countries.copy'; + ROLLBACK; + VACUUM; + + + + Here is a sample of data suitable for copying into a table from STDIN: