On 11/14/2012 02:37 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> What I'm imagining is a very very simple addition to COPY that just
> allows it to execute popen() instead of fopen() to read or write the
> data source/sink. What you suggest would require hundreds of lines and
> create many opportunities for new bugs.
>
>
That's certainly a better answer than any I've had. I accept the reasoning.
cheers
andrew