rasdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > Hello, > > Having a great time with PG - ported an erp from oracle and db2. First > I tried MySql but choked somewhere in the 900 table region. I have a > python script to translate the syntax and it loads about 2000 tables. > > Now I want to COPY my dumps - I have 1 data dump for each table. Any > tips on what to use so that I can read the file name into a variable > and pass it as the file name in the COPY command and have one script > load all my tables? Should be pretty easy from the shell, something like (untested): for f in *.sql; do tablename=`basename $f .sql` psql -c "\\copy $tablename from $f" mydatabase done -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly