Re: COPY syntax

Lee Kindness wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian writes:
> > > > > COPY table TO STDOUT WITH BINARY OIDS;
> > > > > Shouldn't the "binary", being an adjective, be attached to something?
> > > > Uh, it is attached to WITH?
> > > Attached to a noun phrase, like "mode" or "output". Note that all the
> > > other things the typically follow WITH in any command are nouns.
> > Should we add an optional MODE after BINARY?
>
> Are you serious? You'd like to mess up the COPY syntax even further
> for a purely grammatical reason!
>
> A good few months ago I put formward an idea to change (well migrate
> really) to "COPY TABLE" rather than "COPY" - this would allow a well
> designed and thoughtout syntax for the new version while retaining old
> compatibility.

I don't like the added MODE either, but Peter doesn't seem to like
BINARY alone, though it seems fine to me.

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