Thanks. Can see the logic but many users are going to presume that they
can load from "their" desktop. For now I can operate around the issue
but will have to place instructions in big letters unless I want to
answer this adnauseum. Magnus Hagander wrote: Windows XP SP2 with Postgresql 8.0.3 Two commands on fails the other succeeds: Fails : select import_sharedata('C:\\Documents and Settings\\Richard\\Desktop\\EzyChart-20050721'); Succeeds: select import_sharedata('C:\\EzyChart-20050721'); is it the spaces in the path that postgres does not like? If so how do I format the enquiry pls? Failure message indicates that It can not access the file. However the file is downloaded to my destop and thus has been created with my permissions.I assume import_sharedate() is a server-side function. In this case, the *service account* needs permissions, not you. And don't grant it to your desktop - that's generallyi a bad idea :-) Use a shared dir somewhere that both you and the service accoutn has permissions on. //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: 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 |