"senges" <csengstock@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > when untaring a pg_dumped tar file the data gets populated like this: > ----------------- > COPY mytable (id, attr1, attr2) FROM stdin; > \. > copy mytable (id, attr1, attr2) from '$$PATH$$/2387.dat' ; > ----------------- Not here ... I only see 'FROM stdin' cases. Please provide a test case, and mention which PG version you are dealing with. > The ".\" throws an error within the pgadmin sql query window: > ERROR: syntax error at or near "\" at character You'd need to complain to the pgadmin people about that. regards, tom lane
