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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 9 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index d6528d0bc10..acac4d3daf3 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.167 2006/08/29 22:25:04 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.168 2006/08/30 23:34:21 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -739,8 +739,7 @@ testdb=> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><literal>\copy <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> - [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ) ] + <term><literal>\copy { <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ) ] | ( <replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable> ) } { <literal>from</literal> | <literal>to</literal> } { <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable> | stdin | stdout | pstdin | pstdout } [ with ] @@ -779,9 +778,7 @@ testdb=> </para> <para> - <literal>\copy <replaceable - class="parameter">table</replaceable> from <replaceable - class="parameter">stdin | stdout</replaceable></literal> + <literal>\copy ... from stdin | to stdout</literal> reads/writes based on the command input and output respectively. All rows are read from the same source that issued the command, continuing until <literal>\.</literal> is read or the stream |