Re: WIP patch: add (PRE|POST)PROCESSOR options to COPY

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Etsuro Fujita <fujita(dot)etsuro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP patch: add (PRE|POST)PROCESSOR options to COPY
Date: 2012-09-13 17:26:49
Message-ID: 50521759.5070900@dunslane.net
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On 09/13/2012 01:20 PM, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> I think it would be a lot better if this were designed so that the
>> processor programs executed on client side. Which would probably make
>> it not a COPY patch at all, but something in psql.
> And pgloader, which already has a part of that feature with the per
> column reformating facility.
>

Yeah, I'd be inclined to say that pre/post processing of this kind is
really a job for specialized clients.

cheers

andrew

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