I want to do the import from the psql client. I try to find something like that: INSERT INTO "controller" (notes, enabled, diagram, ...) VALUES ('Example controller', TRUE, load_svg('controller.svg'), ...) with diagram of type TEXT, and diagram field correctly escaped. Best regards. -- Miguel A. Tribaldos >Miguel Angel Tribaldos Hervas wrote: >> Hi, >> >> how can I import a SVG file to a row?? The main problem is that it has many >> postgres scape symbols. Can I utilize the >> 'text' type for that? >> Have I to do some byte-stuffing before the import? >If you want to create a text-file with a COPY or INSERT statement and >then use psql -f ... you'll need to perform the usual escaping. If >you're going via Perl's DBI or similar you can let it handle those >details for you. Do you have a client system in mind? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq