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Re: can a linux program, running on the client side, generate data to load a temp table ?

Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>

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From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: dfgpostgres <dfgpostgres3@gmail.com>, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-06-19T14:48:19Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
On 6/19/26 7:38 AM, dfgpostgres wrote:
>  >> psql's "\copy ... from program" might help you.
> Ya, I've used \copy for copying data in the past.  But if I'm not 
> mistaken, the "\copy... from program" runs on the server side.  If I'm 
> wrong about that, if there's a client side version of this, I'm all 
> ears !  And FWIW, a future release that has this would be great !

It is client side, but is only available in the the psql client:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html



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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com