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
areused and \N is used to say NULL. You can go aver that with USING DELIMITERS ';' for example and WITH NULL AS '' if
yourdns.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.adams@vcontractor.co.za>
To: "postgres sql list" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.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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