Re: using COPY table FROM STDIN within script run as psql

Would you provide a reproducable example?  Also, what PostgreSQL version
are you using?

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Kevin Murphy wrote:
> This is a tip for the record in case it helps somebody else in the 
> future.
> 
> I have an import script that relies on a stored procedure that runs as 
> a trigger on inserts into a temporary table.  The script looks like 
> this:
> 
> -- create table
> -- ...
> -- define procedure and trigger
> -- ...
> -- import data via COPY command:
> COPY temp_table FROM STDIN WITH NULL AS '';
> 
> However, when run as "psql -f import.sql  if you use the SQL "COPY" command, even if you are running psql on the 
> database server.  You get an error like this: ERROR:  missing data for 
> column "somecol".  An interesting red-herring is that the column 
> mentioned is not necessarily the first column in the table!
> 
> The solution is to use the psql "\COPY" command instead (and remove the 
> trailing semi-colon, which cannot be used with psql commands).  I.e. 
> this command will work:
> 
> \COPY temp_table FROM STDIN WITH NULL AS '';
> 
> -Kevin Murphy
> 
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