Re: psql and COPY BINARY

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql and COPY BINARY
Date: 2005-12-17 14:40:22
Message-ID: 200512171440.jBHEeMs05342@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> > Examining why psql won't do sensible stuff with COPY BINARY, I realized
> > that psql still uses PQgetline, which is marked obsolete since 7.4.
> > Is this intentional or just a "never reviewed because it works"?
>
> There wasn't any obvious bang for the buck in rewriting it.

We have a TODO:

o Update pg_dump and psql to use the new COPY libpq API
(Christopher)

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