NAME
rdb2pg - insert an rdb table into a PostgreSQL database
SYNOPSIS
rdb2pg [*param*=*value* ...]
PARAMETERS
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.
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.
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: