Re: problem with 'copy binary' file format

i agree. i'm not doing anything with the file. i can start up psql, type:
  copy binary my_table from 'tmpfile';

and get the exact same error message. the table schema, by the way, 
consists of two int4's, a timestamp, and a bytea.

thanks.
john

Tom Lane wrote:
> john guthrie <jguthrie@psynapsetech.net> writes:
> 
>>i am having a problem creating a 'copy binary' input file in c
>>on my linux box running postgresql 7.2.2. the error message i get is:
>>   ERROR:  copy: line 1, pg_atoi: error in "PGBCOPY": can't parse "PGBCOPY"
> 
> 
> And what exactly are you doing with the file after you create it?
> pg_atoi shouldn't be invoked at all during COPY BINARY FROM ...
> 
>             regards, tom lane
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