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Fix obsolete statement about permissions on COPY ref page, and confusion 

about TO/FROM direction in several places.
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Tom Lane 2002-05-14 18:47:58 +00:00
parent cbd3b97e5a
commit fa613fa1ea
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doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.30 2002/04/23 02:07:15 tgl Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.31 2002/05/14 18:47:58 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> tables and
standard file-system files.
<command>COPY TO</command> copies the entire contents of a table to
a file, while <command>COPY FROM</command> copies data from a file to a
<command>COPY TO</command> copies the entire contents of a table
<emphasis>to</>
a file, while <command>COPY FROM</command> copies data <emphasis>from</> a
file to a
table (appending the data to whatever is in the table already).
</para>
@ -230,26 +232,26 @@ ERROR: <replaceable>reason</replaceable>
</para>
<para>
You must have <firstterm>select access</firstterm> on any table
You must have <firstterm>select privilege</firstterm> on any table
whose values are read by
<command>COPY</command>, and either
<firstterm>insert</firstterm> or <firstterm>update access</firstterm> to a
table into which values are being inserted by <command>COPY</command>.
<command>COPY TO</command>, and
<firstterm>insert privilege</firstterm> on a
table into which values are being inserted by <command>COPY FROM</command>.
The backend also needs appropriate Unix permissions for any file read
or written by <command>COPY</command>.
</para>
<para>
<command>COPY TO</command> neither invokes rules nor acts on column
<command>COPY FROM</command> neither invokes rules nor acts on column
defaults. It does invoke triggers and check constraints.
</para>
<para>
<command>COPY</command> stops operation at the first error. This
should not lead to problems in the event of
a <command>COPY FROM</command>, but the
a <command>COPY TO</command>, but the
target relation will already have received earlier rows in a
<command>COPY TO</command>. These rows will not be visible or
<command>COPY FROM</command>. These rows will not be visible or
accessible, but they still occupy disk space. This may amount to a
considerable amount
of wasted disk space if the failure happened well into a large copy

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doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml
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<!--
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.25 2002/04/30 01:26:25 tgl Exp $
$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/grant.sgml,v 1.26 2002/05/14 18:47:58 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ GRANT { { CREATE | USAGE } [,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
<para>
Allows <xref linkend="sql-select" endterm="sql-select-title"> from any column of the
specified table, view, or sequence. Also allows the use of
<xref linkend="sql-copy" endterm="sql-copy-title"> FROM.
<xref linkend="sql-copy" endterm="sql-copy-title"> TO.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ GRANT { { CREATE | USAGE } [,...] | ALL [ PRIVILEGES ] }
<listitem>
<para>
Allows <xref linkend="sql-insert" endterm="sql-insert-title"> of a new row into the
specified table. Also allows <xref linkend="sql-copy" endterm="sql-copy-title"> TO.
specified table. Also allows <xref linkend="sql-copy" endterm="sql-copy-title"> FROM.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>