I'd like to report a bug in 7.1.3 psql (at least on a 64-bit Alpha Linux box). Maybe someone can confirm this or maybe it's fixed in 7.2
The 7.1 documentation ( http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-copy.html ) for COPY ala COPY table FROM 'filename' says that if it fails you get feedback "ERROR: reason" and if it succeeds you get feedback "COPY". However, I goofed today and my filename was a directory, and I did not get ERROR... Here is a simplified version demonstrating the lack of ERROR: fred@goo> psql goo Welcome to psql, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help on internal slash commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit goo=# DROP TABLE goober; DROP goo=# CREATE TABLE goober ( family VARCHAR(25), x integer, y integer ); CREATE goo=# COPY goober FROM '/usr/local/pgsql/'; COPY goo=# select count(*) from goober; count ------- 0 (1 row) goo=# \q ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
