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tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Lane) writes:

> Matthew Vernon <matthew.vernon@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> naiively, you might try:
>> \set pwd '\'' `pwd` '\''
>> COPY table FROM :pwd || '/relative/path/to/data' ;
>
> Umm ... why don't you just use a relative path as-is, with \copy
> instead of COPY?

Thanks for the suggestion, but I was avoiding \copy because the
quantities of data involved are large, and the documentation suggests
that COPY is better than \copy for large data volumes.

Thanks,

Matthew

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Matthew Vernon
Quantitative Veterinary Epidemiologist
Epidemiology Research Unit, SAC Inverness


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