BTW, copying the relevant CSV file to the "My Documents" folder of the "postgres" user did not make things work with pgAdmin III Query (1.4.1)--same permissions problem as noted in the original message:
ERROR: could not open file "C:\Documents and Settings\postgres\My Documents\Cumulative.csv" for reading: Permission denied This is working as designed, I guess, but it's not well documented for us poor Windows-using PostgresQL newbies (and the psql workaround is effective, but, from GUI perspective, rather clumsy). For those Windows users importing data from other local sources, I fear this will be an (at least temporary) unexpected showstopper every time. (But perhaps such users make only an insignificant percentage of the intended audience.) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org