On Thu, 2006-07-06 at 15:03, Jim Cser wrote:
> >The problem isn't permission for copy, it permission to access files.
> 
> >only the super user can access the file system through pgsql, because
> of
> >security concerns.
> 
> >copy can be run by anybody.  copy from/to a FILE can only be done by
> the
> >super user.
> 
> >Have you tried queueing up copy from stdin and a stream of data and
> \.
> >in ODBC?  I'm pretty sure that'll work, but I've never tried it.
> 
> I imagine that your solution would work, but the larger issue is that I
> am sending the SQL from an R program, and not using the psql console.  I
> could launch it the console programmatically and send copy commands to
> it, but that's just adding more moving parts.  Having everyone be a
> superuser is good enough for now, thanks anyway.

You don't need the psql console, that's what I've been trying to say.

I do this stuff routinely in php and other languages.

Note that if R is generating this data from postgresql to begin with,
you might be better off with pl/R

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