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ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack psql \copy example Overflow is a community of 6.2 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Postgres: \copy syntax error in .sql file up vote 2 down psql copy syntax error vote favorite I'm trying to write a script that copies data from a crosstab query to a .csv file in Postgres 8.4. I am able to run the command in the psql command line but when I put the command in a file and run it using the -f option, I get a syntax error. Here's an example of what I'm looking at (from this great answer): CREATE
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TEMP TABLE t ( section text ,status text ,ct integer ); INSERT INTO t VALUES ('A', 'Active', 1), ('A', 'Inactive', 2) ,('B', 'Active', 4), ('B', 'Inactive', 5) , ('C', 'Inactive', 7); \copy ( SELECT * FROM crosstab( 'SELECT section, status, ct FROM t ORDER BY 1,2' ,$$VALUES ('Active'::text), ('Inactive')$$) AS ct ("Section" text, "Active" int, "Inactive" int) ) TO 'test.csv' HEADER CSV I then run this and get the following syntax error: $ psql [system specific] -f copy_test.sql CREATE TABLE INSERT 0 5 psql:copy_test.sql:12: \copy: parse error at end of line psql:copy_test.sql:19: ERROR: syntax error at or near ")" LINE 7: ) TO 'test.csv' HEADER CSV ^ A similar exercise doing just a simple query without crosstab works without incident. What is causing the syntax error and how can I copy this table to a csv file using script file? postgresql csv crosstab share|improve this question asked Apr 14 '15 at 16:32 David Kelley 544623 You're able to run that \copy as-is from the psql command line? –Politank-Z Apr 14 '15 at 16:42 Correct. Straight copy-paste does it. –David Kelley Apr 14 '15 at 16:47 1 For giggles, try taking all of the newlines out of the \copy com
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Exchange is a question and answer site for database professionals who wish to improve their database skills and learn from others in the community. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29632700/postgres-copy-syntax-error-in-sql-file Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top PostgreSQL import CSV File causes Syntax Error up vote 2 down vote favorite 1 I'm attempting to import a CSV file into a database via the "COPY" command; however, I get the (what seems common) error that I need to be a superuser http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/23036/postgresql-import-csv-file-causes-syntax-error and that I should use "\copy" instead. However, when using \copy, I get a syntax error: ERROR: syntax error at or near "\" LINE 1: \copy With the caret pointing to "\". Here's my query: \copy tablename(column2, column3, column4, column5) from '/home/uploads/data.csv' WITH DELIMITER ',' CSV HEADER' I tried both "copy" and "\copy". The first giving me a superuser error the latter giving me that syntax error. Any idea on how to fix it? make it work? I'm executing the command via myPgAdmin's sql input field. The only other question I have is concerning the importing of the columns via tablename(column2, column3 and so on. Is that the correct syntax for that? sql postgresql postgresql-8.3 share|improve this question asked Aug 23 '12 at 19:13 antjanus 128115 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 4 down vote accepted \copy is a psql (commandline) command. It is not a regular SQL command. You will need to use COPY instead (but that requires the file to be present on the database server) share|improve this answer answered Aug 23 '12 at 19:36 a_horse_with_no_name 22.8k64373 How would you import CSV files directly through SQL r
8.0 / 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.3 / 8.4 / 9.0 PostgreSQL 9.0.23 Documentation Prev Up Next COPY NameCOPY--copy data between a file and a table Synopsis COPY table_name [ ( column [, ...] ) ] FROM { 'filename' | STDIN } [ [ https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/sql-copy.html WITH ] ( option [, ...] ) ] COPY { table_name [ ( column [, ...] ) ] | ( query ) } TO { 'filename' | STDOUT } [ [ WITH ] ( option [, ...] ) ] where option can https://bytes.com/topic/postgresql/answers/692405-syntax-copy-command be one of: FORMAT format_name OIDS [ boolean ] DELIMITER 'delimiter_character' NULL 'null_string' HEADER [ boolean ] QUOTE 'quote_character' ESCAPE 'escape_character' FORCE_QUOTE { ( column [, ...] ) | * } FORCE_NOT_NULL ( column [, ...] ) Description COPY moves data between PostgreSQL syntax error tables and standard file-system files. COPY TO copies the contents of a table to a file, while COPY FROM copies data from a file to a table (appending the data to whatever is in the table already). COPY TO can also copy the results of a SELECT query. If a list of columns is specified, COPY will only copy the data in the specified columns to or from the file. If there are any columns in the table that are not in the column list, postgres copy command COPY FROM will insert the default values for those columns. COPY with a file name instructs the PostgreSQL server to directly read from or write to a file. The file must be accessible to the server and the name must be specified from the viewpoint of the server. When STDIN or STDOUT is specified, data is transmitted via the connection between the client and the server. Parameters table_name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing table. column An optional list of columns to be copied. If no column list is specified, all columns of the table will be copied. query A SELECT or VALUES command whose results are to be copied. Note that parentheses are required around the query. filename The absolute path name of the input or output file. Windows users might need to use an E'' string and double any backslashes used in the path name. STDIN Specifies that input comes from the client application. STDOUT Specifies that output goes to the client application. boolean Specifies whether the selected option should be turned on or off. You can write TRUE, ON, or 1 to enable the option, and FALSE, OFF, or 0 to disable it. The boolean value can also be omitted, in which case TRUE is assumed. FORMAT Selects the data format to be read or written: text, csv (Comma Separated Values), or binary. The default is text. OIDS Specifies copying the OID for each row. (An error is raised if OIDS is specified for a table that does
question and get tips & solutions from a community of 418,619 IT Pros & Developers. It's quick & easy. syntax for copy command P: 54 priyan hai everybody, I need to copy data from a text file to a table i used copy command like this Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers copycityfrom'e\ccccc.txt'withdelimiteras',' it worked successfully. But now i need to copy a data from a text file which is in my system to the database in server.. path of the file in my system is Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers \\ttcpl2\e\ccccc.txt if use copy command like this Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers copycityfrom'\\Ttcpl2\e\ccccc.txt'withdelimiteras',' I got an error Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers WARNING:nonstandarduseof\\inastringliteral LINE1:copycityfrom'\\Ttcpl2\e\ccccc.txt'withdelimiteras',' ^ HINT:Usetheescapestringsyntaxforbackslashes,e.g.,E'\\'. ERROR:couldnotopenfile"\Ttcpl2eccccc.txt"forreading:Nosuchfileordirectory SQLstate:58P01 If i use /copy command Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers \COPYcityFROM'\\ttcpl2\e\ccccc.txt'WITHDELIMITER',' Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers ERROR:syntaxerroratornear"\" SQLstate:42601 Character:1 Please help me as soon as possible.......... Aug 14 '07 #1 Post Reply Share this Question 3 Replies Expert 100+ P: 534 michaelb Try either to double the backslashes (use \\\\ instead of \\) or replace them with forward-slashes, that is use "/" in place of "\" Aug 14 '07 #2 reply P: 54 priyan hai everybody, I need to copy data from a text file to a table i used copy command like this Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers copycityfrom'e\ccccc.txt'withdelimiteras',' it worked successfully. But now i need to copy a data from a text file which is in my system to the database in server.. path of the file in my system is Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers \\ttcpl2\e\ccccc.txt if use copy command like this Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers copycityfrom'\\Ttcpl2\e\ccccc.txt'withdelimiteras',' I got an error Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers WARNING:nonstandarduseof\\inastringliteral LINE1:copyci