Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: David Christensen <david(at)endpoint(dot)com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql
Date: 2010-01-19 22:23:09
Message-ID: 603c8f071001191423o6e600b92s9d6c4a8f7d140692@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 5:14 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> Why would they want more? It's not MySQL, and they know that. If we give them some very minor helpful hints for the most common things they try to do, it would be a huge benefit to them. I know I've badly wanted the opposite when I've had to use MySQL, but I don't expect MySQL to implement \c for me.

+1. I think this is a well-thought out proposal. I like Tom's
suggestion upthread for how to handle \c.

Although the deadline for patches for 8.5 has supposedly already passed....

...Robert

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