Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B901337B83 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:55:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 36950-01 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 14:55:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D930D1336971 for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 10:55:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oADEsvnS024758; Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:54:57 -0500 (EST) To: Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: psql -f COPY from STDIN In-reply-to: <20101113120135.6b7fdc9e@dick.coachhouse> References: <20101112220340.36a0bc75@dick.coachhouse> <8452.1289618531@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20101113120135.6b7fdc9e@dick.coachhouse> Comments: In-reply-to Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz message dated "Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:01:35 +0000" Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:54:57 -0500 Message-ID: <24757.1289660097@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201011/25 X-Sequence-Number: 34763 Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz writes: > I changed event.sql (3 lines): > \COPY > (event_id, event_name) > FROM STDIN DELIMITER AS ',' NULL AS '' > Now I am getting error messages: > psql:event.sql:1: \copy:parse error at end of line I don't believe you can split backslash commands across lines. > When I remove the linefeeds I don't get errors but it does not import > anything. You wanted pstdin, not stdin. regards, tom lane