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Reloading unloaded data - Amazon Redshift

Amazon Redshift will no longer support the use of Python UDFs after June 30, 2026. We will start enforcing it in phases. For more information on the details of Python end of life and migration options, see the blog post that was published on June 30, 2025.

Reloading unloaded data

To reload the results of an unload operation, you can use a COPY command.

The following example shows a simple case in which the VENUE table is unloaded using a manifest file, truncated, and reloaded. 

unload  ('select * from venue order by venueid')
to 's3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/tickit/venue/reload_' 
iam_role 'arn:aws:iam::0123456789012:role/MyRedshiftRole' 
manifest 
delimiter '|';

truncate venue;

copy venue 
from 's3://amzn-s3-demo-bucket/tickit/venue/reload_manifest' 
iam_role 'arn:aws:iam::0123456789012:role/MyRedshiftRole'
manifest 
delimiter '|';

After it is reloaded, the VENUE table looks like this: 

select * from venue order by venueid limit 5;

 venueid |         venuename         |  venuecity  | venuestate | venueseats
---------+---------------------------+-------------+------------+-----------
       1 | Toyota Park               | Bridgeview  | IL         |          0
       2 | Columbus Crew Stadium     | Columbus    | OH         |          0
       3 | RFK Stadium               | Washington  | DC         |          0
       4 | CommunityAmerica Ballpark | Kansas City | KS         |          0
       5 | Gillette Stadium          | Foxborough  | MA         |      68756
(5 rows)