pg_copy_from
You cannot specify the schema name in this command. You can change the search path for just one query by using the following code:
<?php
pg_query($conn, "SET search_path TO myschema;");
$copy_to = pg_copy_to($conn, 'tablename');
pg_query("RESET search_path;");
?>
pg_copy_to
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
pg_copy_to — Copy a table to an array
Description
array pg_copy_to
( resource $connection
, string $table_name
[, string $delimiter
[, string $null_as
]] )
pg_copy_to() copies a table to an array. It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to retrieve records.
Parameters
- connection
-
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
- table_name
-
Name of the table from which to copy the data into rows .
- delimiter
-
The token that separates values for each field in each element of rows . Default is TAB.
- null_as
-
How SQL NULL values are represented in the rows . Default is \N ("\\N").
Return Values
An array with one element for each line of COPY data. It returns FALSE on failure.
Examples
Example #1 pg_copy_to() example
<?php
$db = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
$rows = pg_copy_to($db, $table_name);
pg_query($db, "DELETE FROM $table_name");
pg_copy_from($db, $table_name, $rows);
?>
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User Contributed Notespg_copy_to
etiger13 at gmail dot com
17-Nov-2009 07:14
17-Nov-2009 07:14
setantae at submonkey dot net
27-Nov-2002 06:50
27-Nov-2002 06:50
"It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to insert records"
I suspect this statement is incorrect, or that s/insert/retrieve/ is appropriate.