On Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:36:25 pm runner wrote: > I'm getting really frustrated, I can't get a simple COPY command to work. > I've tried running psql and both the postgres user and the owner of the > database with the same error. > > psql -U postgres -d database1 > > > database1=# BEGIN; > BEGIN > database1=# TRUNCATE TABLE grades; > TRUNCATE TABLE > database1=# COPY grades FROM grades_csv_file; > ERROR: syntax error at or near grades_csv_file > > > It won't let me enter the full path to the csv file and if I run psql from > the directory where the csv file is located, it stilll won't accept the > name of the csv file. So how do you specify the name of the csv file?
COPY grades FROM 'grades_csv_file'; -- Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@gmail.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
