rdb2pg [*param*=*value* ...]
PARAMETERS
- rdb2pg uses an IRAF-compatible parameter interface. A template
- parameter file is in /proj/axaf/simul/lib/uparm/rdb2pg.par.
+ rdb2pg uses an IRAF-compatible parameter interface. A template parameter
+ file is in /proj/axaf/simul/lib/uparm/rdb2pg.par.
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.
-
+ The RDB file to insert into the database. If the given name is the
+ string `stdin', it reads from the UNIX standard input stream.
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.
+ 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.
- 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:
+ 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: