Re: Help : Microsoft SQL Server equivalents in

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help : Microsoft SQL Server equivalents in
Date: 2007-01-20 17:11:00
Message-ID: 17270.1169313060@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> How hard *would* it be to patch the \copy code to print out a "#"
>> every N number of input records?

> Yea, probably, but considering they probably want a graphic progress
> bar, the big question is what API would you use to allow flexible use of
> that feature.

This is not a server-side problem; as Ron noted, it'd be \copy's problem
not COPY's. And psql doesn't have a graphic API to worry about.

regards, tom lane

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