<term><literal>\copy { <replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ) ] | ( <replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable> ) }
{ <literal>from</literal> | <literal>to</literal> }
{ <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable> | stdin | stdout | pstdin | pstdout }
- [ with ]
- [ binary ]
- [ oids ]
- [ delimiter [ as ] '<replaceable class="parameter">character</replaceable>' ]
- [ null [ as ] '<replaceable class="parameter">string</replaceable>' ]
- [ csv
- [ header ]
- [ quote [ as ] '<replaceable class="parameter">character</replaceable>' ]
- [ escape [ as ] '<replaceable class="parameter">character</replaceable>' ]
- [ force quote <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> | * ]
- [ force not null <replaceable class="parameter">column_list</replaceable> ] ]</literal>
- </term>
+ [ [ with ] ( <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<para>
The syntax of the command is similar to that of the
<acronym>SQL</acronym> <xref linkend="sql-copy">
- command. Note that, because of this,
+ command, and
+ <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable>
+ must indicate one of the options of the
+ <acronym>SQL</acronym> <xref linkend="sql-copy"> command.
+ Note that, because of this,
special parsing rules apply to the <command>\copy</command>
command. In particular, the variable substitution rules and
backslash escapes do not apply.