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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 | |
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8 | rdb2pg uses an IRAF-compatible parameter interface. A template parameter |
| 9 | file is in /proj/axaf/simul/lib/uparm/rdb2pg.par. | |
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| 11 | input *file* | |
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12 | The RDB file to insert into the database. If the given name is the |
| 13 | string `stdin', it reads from the UNIX standard input stream. | |
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14 | |
| 15 | DESCRIPTION | |
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16 | rdb2pg will enter the data from an RDB database into a PostgreSQL |
| 17 | database table, optionally creating the database and the table if they | |
| 18 | do not exist. It automatically determines the PostgreSQL data type from | |
| 19 | the column definition in the RDB file, but may be overriden via a series | |
| 20 | of definition files or directly via one of its parameters. | |
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22 | The target database and table are specified by the `db' and `table' |
| 23 | parameters. If they do not exist, and the `createdb' parameter is set, | |
| 24 | they will be created. Table field definitions are determined in the | |
| 25 | following order: | |
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