Execute COPY command in remote database using local file

sql postgresql remote-access bulk-load postgresql-copy
muffin picture muffin · Sep 24, 2014 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

I'm trying to execute the Postgres COPY command.

COPY warehouse_terminal.test_table FROM 'C:\file.csv' DELIMITERS E'\t'
     CSV HEADER QUOTE E'\"' ESCAPE E'\\' NULL AS '';

The problem is, the db where I'm going to use this is remote, and the file "file.csv" is in my local machine in C:\. As a result, the file is not read.
Remote db, but local file. How can I get this working?

Answer

Erwin Brandstetter picture Erwin Brandstetter · Sep 24, 2014

Use \copy of the psql client on your local machine, it's a wrapper for COPY for just this purpose.

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