In response to Josh Harrison : > Hi, > A basic question about the COPY command syntax.... > This is the syntax in the postgres manual. > > COPY tablename [ ( column [, ...] ) ] > > FROM { 'filename' | STDIN } > ...... > ..... > > What is the difference between copying from 'filename' and copying from 'stdin' ??? Within psql, stdin is your keyboard. Otherwise, you can use COPY in a UNIX-PIPE. Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general