php-doc-en/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-copy-from.xml
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<refentry xml:id='function.pg-copy-from' xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>pg_copy_from</refname>
<refpurpose>
Insert records into a table from an array
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>bool</type><methodname>pg_copy_from</methodname>
<methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>table_name</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>rows</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>delimiter</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>null_as</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>pg_copy_from</function> inserts records into a table from
<parameter>rows</parameter>. It issues a <literal>COPY FROM</literal> SQL command
internally to insert records.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>connection</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
PostgreSQL database connection resource.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>table_name</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Name of the table into which to copy the <parameter>rows</parameter>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>rows</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
An <type>array</type> of data to be copied into <parameter>table_name</parameter>.
Each value in <parameter>rows</parameter> becomes a row in <parameter>table_name</parameter>.
Each value in <parameter>rows</parameter> should be a delimited string of the values
to insert into each field. Values should be linefeed terminated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>delimiter</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The token that separates values for each field in each element of
<parameter>rows</parameter>. Default is <literal>TAB</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>null_as</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
How SQL <literal>NULL</literal> values are represented in the
<parameter>rows</parameter>. Default is \N ("\\N").
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
&return.success;
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>pg_copy_from</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?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);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>pg_copy_to</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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