| NAME |
| rdb2pg - insert an rdb table into a PostgreSQL database |
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| SYNOPSIS |
| rdb2pg [*param*=*value* ...] |
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| PARAMETERS |
| rdb2pg uses an IRAF-compatible parameter interface. A template parameter |
| file is in /proj/axaf/simul/lib/uparm/rdb2pg.par. |
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| input *file* |
| The RDB file to insert into the database. If the given name is the |
| string `stdin', it reads from the UNIX standard input stream. |
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| DESCRIPTION |
| rdb2pg will enter the data from an RDB database into a PostgreSQL |
| database table, optionally creating the database and the table if they |
| do not exist. It automatically determines the PostgreSQL data type from |
| the column definition in the RDB file, but may be overriden via a series |
| of definition files or directly via one of its parameters. |
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| The target database and table are specified by the `db' and `table' |
| parameters. If they do not exist, and the `createdb' parameter is set, |
| they will be created. Table field definitions are determined in the |
| following order: |
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