PostgreSQL Functions

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

pg_copy_from