Syntax for Postgres command

[Das Goravani]

> On Jan 27, 2022, at 12:10 PM, Doug Easterbrook via omnisdev-en <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com> wrote:
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> I always test major changes to SQL in pgadmin or psql first
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> if that works, then I’ll put in in an application.
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> it could be a permissions thing.  who knows if the database engine has access to '/Users/server/Desktop/JS5Dev/Cities.txt'

How do you check or set permissions for the database engine?

Should I log in as the Postgres system user that the installer created?


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>> On January 27, 2022, at 9:07 AM, Das Goravani <goravanis at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> Do tStatObjPG.$execdirect("COPY fcCities ( cityname, city_count_num, city_cntry_num, long_deg, long_min, lat_deg, lat_min, long_we, lat_ns, city_rsn, city_state, ctime_zone, long_sec, lat_sec, city_acs_zone, city_acs_type, city_new, zone_we, city_ascii, city_alternate, city_latnum, city_Longnum, city_state_name, city_timezone_name, city_country_name, city_state_code, city_country_digits, city_acs, city_population )  FROM  '/Users/server/Desktop/JS5Dev/Cities.txt'  WITH  FORMAT 'csv', DELIMITER ',' “)
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>> I tried the above command and it did nothing. It stepped right through it.
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>> The file has 1.7 million city records in it. So it should take at least some time to execute. 
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>> I am attempting to import the records into a Postgres database. 
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>> I test and the statement object is good.
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>> I am connected to localhost Postgres. I get a session object under the SQL Browser so I know I am connected.
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>> I have made the table in question.
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>> What could possibly be the reason for it just stepping through it without doing anything?
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