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File I/O

From
Greg Lindstrom
Date:
Hello-
Is it possible to read and write directly to data (text) files using
PL/pgSQL?
Thanks!
--greg

Re: File I/O

From
Sean Davis
Date:
Greg Lindstrom wrote:
> Hello-
> Is it possible to read and write directly to data (text) files using
> PL/pgSQL?
> Thanks!
see the COPY command in the manual.

Sean

Re: File I/O

From
"A. Kretschmer"
Date:
am  Tue, dem 24.04.2007, um  9:29:15 -0500 mailte Greg Lindstrom folgendes:
> Hello-
> Is it possible to read and write directly to data (text) files using
> PL/pgSQL?

No, because pl/pgsql is a trusted language. Do you need file access,
then you can use a untrusted language like pl/perlU or pl/sh or other,
but not pl/pgsql.


Andreas
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