--- Guy Fraser <guy@incentre.net> > If you have a 'serial' or 'bigserial' field like this : > > create table test_table ( > test_id bigserial, > data integer, > comment text > ); > > and you use : > > copy test_table (data,comment) > from '/wherever/the/file/is' > using delimiters ','; > > > to insert data like this : > > 27,some kind of entry > 32,another kind of entry > 16,yet another entry > ... > > Assuming this is the first set of data entered the table will get populated > with : > > 1 | 27 | some kind of entry > 2 | 32 | another kind of entry > 3 | 16 | yet another entry > ... > > I have used this in the past and it works well. The problem I have is with COPY TO and not COPY FROM as I need to write a file. Regards, Clodoaldo ______________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Fale com seus amigos online. Instale agora! http://br.download.yahoo.com/messenger/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html