On Wed, 2016-06-08 at 23:50 -0400, David G. Johnston wrote: > > POn Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Patrick B <patrickbakerbr@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > ERROR: syntax error at or near "||" > > > LINE 12: TO '/var/lib/pgsql/' || crtrow.account_id |... > > > > Which tells me you cannot use an expression as a file name. The docs > support this conclusion. > > You probably need to use EXECUTE after constricting a string. > > You could also try psql in a shell script. > > David J. If this is something that you'll never ever have to do again in the future, you could download ExecuteQuery which has a function to export a result set as either XML or CSV delimited file output. OTOH, if this is going to be something run on a regular basis, I think you'd be better off writing a little program, or as David suggested embedding this into a shell script. HTH, Rob -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general