From: | "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | "Greg Stark" <greg(dot)stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
Cc: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Joshua Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "postgres hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: psql Feature request \set query |
Date: | 2008-10-23 07:14:31 |
Message-ID: | 162867790810230014m6bb06591q5c3d8ffedcad24b7@mail.gmail.com |
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2008/10/23 Greg Stark <greg(dot)stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>:
> For making psql fully scriptable I would think it would be smarter to embed
> a full well-supported existing language rather than trying to invent a new
> one.
plpgsql?
regards
Pavel
>
> If we do want to to that I would suggest looking at lua which is intended to
> be used this way.
>
> greg
>
> On 23 Oct 2008, at 05:45 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>>>
>>> "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "We can't do anything unless we do everything" is a recipe for
>>>> failure.
>>
>>> True enough, but a car doesn't roll without at least four wheels.
>>
>> Perhaps more to the point: you don't have to implement every part of a
>> set of features at the same time, but it's a good idea to design them
>> all together. Else you risk writing something that doesn't play nice
>> with the other parts; and by the time you find out, it's too late to
>> change without creating a backwards-compatibility problem.
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
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