Include example of table loading using the COPY command.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/query-ug.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/query-ug.sgml
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--- a/doc/src/sgml/query-ug.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/query-ug.sgml
@@ -104,7 +104,16 @@ INSERT INTO weather
 
      You can also use the copy command to perform load large
      amounts of data from flat (ASCII) files.
-
+This is usually faster because the data is read (or written) as a single atomic
+transaction directly to or from the target table. An example would be:
+
+
+COPY INTO weather FROM '/home/user/weather.txt'
+    USING DELIMITERS '|';
+
+
+where the path name for the source file must be available to the backend server
+machine, not just the client.
 
 
 Querying a Class