PostgreSQL Functions
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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);
?>

See Also


PostgreSQL Functions
PHP Manual