my $row = join("\t", $name, $value, $date, $ompId); print INPUTFILE "$row\n"; } } print INPUTFILE "\\.\n"; $dbh->do("COPY snapshot_$formName (name, value, collect_date, omp_id) from '$db_input'") or die "Couldn't write COPY STATEMENT to snapshot_$formName: $@, " . $dbh->errstr;