diff --git a/src/backend/commands/copy.c b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
index 6f0c977c70469cf60cf129bed0c84b810a511c44..e1b85a46ff0260cd6273dc0fccdf7bb93a8566a5 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/copy.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.139 2001/06/08 21:16:48 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/commands/copy.c,v 1.140 2001/07/11 21:53:59 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -307,6 +307,8 @@ DoCopy(char *relname, bool binary, bool oids, bool from, bool pipe,
 	{							/* copy from file to database */
 		if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_SEQUENCE)
 			elog(ERROR, "You cannot change sequence relation %s", relname);
+		if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_VIEW)
+			elog(ERROR, "You cannot copy view %s", relname);
 		if (pipe)
 		{
 			if (IsUnderPostmaster)
@@ -330,6 +332,8 @@ DoCopy(char *relname, bool binary, bool oids, bool from, bool pipe,
 	}
 	else
 	{							/* copy from database to file */
+		if (rel->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_VIEW)
+			elog(ERROR, "You cannot copy view %s", relname);
 		if (pipe)
 		{
 			if (IsUnderPostmaster)