COPY command works with older driver but not newer one ? - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

I have a COPY command that only works with 7.1.2 JDBC2 (jdbc7.1-1.2.jar)
and not 8.3 JDBC3 with SSL (build 603) (postgresql-8.3-603.jdbc3.jar).
Here is my test code and my debug and error messages are below it.
Database version is 8.1. import is a table with several char fields,
test.txt is a tab delimited file with the correct permissions on it and
the connection to the db is being made with the postgres superuser. What
do I need to do to get the newer driver to work?

Thanks,

Warren

Test code:

        try
        {
            Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
            // Set for newer driver

//org.postgresql.Driver.setLogLevel(org.postgresql.Driver.DEBUG);
            System.out.println("version" +
org.postgresql.Driver.getVersion());
        }
        catch(Exception cnfe)
        {
            cnfe.printStackTrace();
        }
        try
        {
            java.sql.Connection conn =

java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/dbname?user=user&password=password&compatible=8.1");
            java.sql.PreparedStatement stmt =
conn.prepareStatement("COPY import FROM ?");
            stmt.setString(1, "/Users/test.txt");
            if(stmt.execute())
            {
                System.out.println("It worked");
            }
            stmt.close();
            conn.close();
        }
        catch(java.sql.SQLException e)
        {
            System.err.println("Error " + e.getErrorCode() + " (SQLSTATE
" + e.getSQLState() + "): " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


Error and Debug Messsages:

versionPostgreSQL 8.3 JDBC3 with SSL (build 603)
19:18:00.947 (1) PostgreSQL 8.3 JDBC3 with SSL (build 603)
19:18:00.954 (1) Trying to establish a protocol version 3 connection to
localhost:5432
19:18:00.966 (1)  FE=> StartupPacket(user=postgres, database=clark,
client_encoding=UNICODE, DateStyle=ISO, extra_float_digits=2)
19:18:00.972 (1)  <=BE AuthenticationOk
19:18:00.984 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(client_encoding = UNICODE)
19:18:00.984 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(DateStyle = ISO, MDY)
19:18:00.984 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(integer_datetimes = off)
19:18:00.984 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(is_superuser = on)
19:18:00.984 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(server_encoding = SQL_ASCII)
19:18:00.985 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(server_version = 8.3.3)
19:18:00.985 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(session_authorization = postgres)
19:18:00.985 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(standard_conforming_strings = on)
19:18:00.985 (1)  <=BE ParameterStatus(TimeZone = US/Pacific)
19:18:00.985 (1)  <=BE BackendKeyData(pid=1420,ckey=952422623)
19:18:00.985 (1)  <=BE ReadyForQuery(I)
19:18:00.985 (1)     compatible = 8.1
19:18:00.985 (1)     loglevel = 2
19:18:00.985 (1)     prepare threshold = 5
getConnection returning
driver[className=org.postgresql.Driver,org.postgresql.Driver@eec612]
19:18:01.025 (1) simple execute,
handler=org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement$StatementResultHandler@c56c60,
maxRows=0, fetchSize=0, flags=17
19:18:01.025 (1)  FE=> Parse(stmt=null,query="COPY import FROM
$1",oids={1043})
19:18:01.029 (1)  FE=>
Bind(stmt=null,portal=null,$1=</Users/Warren/Desktop/test.txt>)
19:18:01.034 (1)  FE=> Describe(portal=null)
19:18:01.034 (1)  FE=> Execute(portal=null,limit=0)
19:18:01.034 (1)  FE=> Sync
19:18:01.048 (1)  <=BE ErrorMessage(ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
  Position: 18)
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
  Position: 18
    at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1592)
    at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1327)
    at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:192)
    at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:451)
    at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:350)
    at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:343)
    at TestApostrophe.main(TestApostrophe.java:43)
SQLException: SQLState(42601)
19:18:01.050 (1)  <=BE ReadyForQuery(I)
Error 0 (SQLSTATE 42601): ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
  Position: 18
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "$1"
  Position: 18
    at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1592)
    at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1327)
    at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:192)
    at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:451)
    at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:350)
    at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:343)
    at TestApostrophe.main(TestApostrophe.java:43)