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1 | NAME |
2 | rdb2pg - insert an rdb table into a PostgreSQL database | |
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4 | SYNOPSIS | |
5 | rdb2pg [*param*=*value* ...] | |
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7 | PARAMETERS | |
8 | rdb2pg uses an IRAF-compatible parameter interface. A template | |
9 | parameter file is in /proj/axaf/simul/lib/uparm/rdb2pg.par. | |
10 | ||
11 | input *file* | |
12 | The RDB file to insert into the database. If the given name | |
13 | is the string `stdin', it reads from the UNIX standard input | |
14 | stream. | |
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16 | ||
17 | DESCRIPTION | |
18 | rdb2pg will enter the data from an RDB database into a | |
19 | PostgreSQL database table, optionally creating the database and | |
20 | the table if they do not exist. It automatically determines the | |
21 | PostgreSQL data type from the column definition in the RDB file, | |
22 | but may be overriden via a series of definition files or | |
23 | directly via one of its parameters. | |
24 | ||
25 | The target database and table are specified by the `db' and | |
26 | `table' parameters. If they do not exist, and the `createdb' | |
27 | parameter is set, they will be created. Table field definitions | |
28 | are determined in the following order: | |
29 |