It might be the / Try \ instead On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Katona, Steve < skat...@begavalley.nsw.gov.au> wrote:
> I am using pgAdmin 14.1 and then tried with pgAdmin 16.1**** > > ** ** > > I have tried:**** > > COPY (select * from file) TO '”C:/Dev/test.csv”';**** > > ** ** > > And get the error:**** > > ERROR: relative path not allowed for COPY to file**** > > SQL state: 42602**** > > ** ** > > Also, when I try:**** > > COPY temp_import FROM > E'"C:/Dev/exponare_data_mgr/exponare_filelist.txt"';**** > > I get the following error:**** > > ERROR: could not open file > ""C:/Dev/exponare_data_mgr/exponare_filelist.txt"" for reading: No such > file or directory**** > > SQL state: 58P01**** > > ** ** > > I suspect that pgAdmin is not passing the filename in a manner, that the > shell on windows7 ,interprets correctly.**** > > I have also tried the same commands from the psql console and achieve the > same results.**** > > ** ** > > Under linux the commands work well.**** > > Is there a suggestion for things I change/check to get COPY to work?**** > > Cheers**** > > Steven **** > > Check out all the latest news and events at Council on > www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au. > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed > Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information > visit http://www.mci.com >