[postgis-users] More effective way instead of doping table?

[Paul Ramsey]

You can run commands from the shell using the -c parameter with psql. So

psql -c "delete from mytable" -d mydatabase
shp2pgsql ... etc ...

Or if you are less transactionally minded...

psql -c "truncate mytable" -d mydatabase
shp2pgsql ... etc ...

Paul

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:47 PM, chris brisendine <ki4gyw at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a more effective way to clear all records then add the
> new ones instead of dropping table .
> I am wanting to Truncate all records from the table then add the new shapefile.
> Currently im using this command
> shp2pgsql -d -s 4269 NWSWatch.shp watches geoserver| psql -d geoserver
> is there a way to do this? The reason is that my clients are sometimes
> updating when Im dropping the table and its throwing them
> into all types of errors. The field names will always be the same.
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