On 08/01/2009 13:39, Josh Harrison wrote: > What is the difference between copying from 'filename' and copying from > 'stdin' ???
You'll see COPY from stdin in pg_dump scripts - when restoring via psql, the entire input to psql is coming from stdin, so COPY FROM stdin tells it to expect the data from there also. COPY FROM <filename> tells it to take the input from an external disk file. Ray. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland r...@iol.ie Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
