Re: ERROR: must be superuser to COPY to or from a file

[Sean Davis <sdavis2(at)mail(dot)nih(dot)gov>]

Jorge Alberto wrote:
> Hello
> I want to fill in a table from a file, but when I use the COPY command I
> get the following error:
> 
> mydb=> COPY weather FROM '/home/fideito/weather.txt';
> ERROR:  must be superuser to COPY to or from a file
> HINT:  Anyone can COPY to stdout or from stdin. psql's \copy command
> also works for anyone.
> 
> But, what can I do if I'm not root?

Use \copy (as the error message suggests) rather than copy.  That should
do it.

Sean