"senges" <csengstock@gmail.com> writes:
> when untaring a pg_dumped tar file the data gets populated like this:
> -----------------
> COPY mytable (id, attr1, attr2) FROM stdin;
> \.
> copy mytable (id, attr1, attr2) from '$$PATH$$/2387.dat' ;
> -----------------
Not here ... I only see 'FROM stdin' cases. Please provide a test case,
and mention which PG version you are dealing with.
> The ".\" throws an error within the pgadmin sql query window:
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "\" at character
You'd need to complain to the pgadmin people about that.
regards, tom lane