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Best Practices for Import and Export Using COPY (Centralized Instances)

The COPY syntax is a useful tool for exporting data from GaussDB to data files in CSV, BINARY, FIXED, or TEXT format. It can also import data from the four types of files to a specified table. For details about the COPY syntax, see "SQL Reference > SQL Syntax > C > COPY" in Developer Guide.

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