Oh sweet! Thanks!
2016-07-07 20:39 GMT+03:00 Scott Mead <scottm@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Dmitry Shalashov <skaurus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi Sameer,I am trying to copy-paste (and execute) random snippets of SQL to psql console.There is another ways to do it, which do not involve copy-paste, but I am wondering why is copy-paste won't work. What exactly is happening there...2016-07-07 20:26 GMT+03:00 Sameer Kumar <sameer.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>:On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, 1:23 a.m. Dmitry Shalashov, <skaurus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi everyone.Let say that I have some sql file with like hundred of simple statements in it. I `cat` it, copy it to buffer, go to my beloved psql and insert it there.But somewhere after first few lines it screws over:b2b=> BEGIN;b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','ati.su',0,NULL,5);INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation'b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','atn.ua',0,NULL,5);b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','audit-it.ru',0,NULL,5);b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','aup.ru',0,NULL,5);'b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','autocentre.ua',0,NULL,5);b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','autodoc.ru',0,NULL,5);b2b=> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','calend.ru'b2b(> INSERT INTO oko_topsites VALUES('russian_federation','calorizator.ru',0,NULL,5)Unclosed quotes, unclosed parenthesis - anyway it wont work.How to safely insert big number of statements to psql at once?I am aware about "execute this file" \i option of psql, that is not the answer I am looking for, thanks :-)My personal favorite for this exact thing is to use '\e'When you are in psql, if you \e (on *nix) it will open a temp file in whatever your $EDITOR variable is set ( I use vim). Paste your data, then save-close the file. It will put you back into psql and execute the command for you.--ScottWhat are you exactly aiming to do?Have you tried -psql < myfile----Best RegardsSameer Kumar | DB Solution ArchitectASHNIK PTE. LTD.101 Cecil Street, #11-11 Tong Eng Building, Singapore 069 533
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