| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Patches (PostgreSQL)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] \copy (query) delimiter syntax error |
| Date: | 2007-02-04 22:37:49 |
| Message-ID: | 45C6603D.8090409@dunslane.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> The consequence will be, though, that psql will accept a syntax for
>> "\copy (query) ..." that the corresponding backend command would reject
>> were we not transforming it. That strikes me as potentially confusing.
>>
>
> Perhaps. What about plan B: remove the legacy syntax support in \copy?
> IIRC it has not been documented since 7.2, so maybe we can finally throw
> it overboard. Thoughts?
>
>
>
I like it for 8.3 - but maybe my present patch would be better for 8.2,
as it involves less behaviour change.
cheers
andrew
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