Re: Question on populating tables . . .

Yes.  After you have defined the table (i.e., CREATE TABLE...)
you can use COPY (in psql or code) or \C (in psql).  Tabs are
the default delimiters for COPY.

  \h copy
Command:     COPY
Description: copy data between files and tables
Syntax:
COPY [ BINARY ] table [ WITH OIDS ]
     FROM { 'filename' | stdin }
     [ [USING] DELIMITERS 'delimiter' ]
     [ WITH NULL AS 'null string' ]
COPY [ BINARY ] table [ WITH OIDS ]
     TO { 'filename' | stdout }
     [ [USING] DELIMITERS 'delimiter' ]
     [ WITH NULL AS 'null string' ]

Something like:

    copy mytable from '/home/chen/testdata.tab';

ought to work.



Peter E. Chen wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> Is there a way to populate a table using a tab-delimited file?  This feature
> is available in MySQL and I'd like to know if it is possible with
> postgreSQL.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
>
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