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 Notes
pg_copy_to - [2 notes]
etiger13 at gmail dot com ¶
3 years ago
setantae at submonkey dot net ¶
10 years ago
"It issues COPY TO SQL command internally to insert records"
I suspect this statement is incorrect, or that s/insert/retrieve/ is appropriate.