Re: pgbench \for or similar loop

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Yeah.  I was wondering if anyone was gung-ho enough about this to
>> implement some kind of library that both programs could draw on.
>>
>> It probably wouldn't be super-hard, if we could agree on a rough design.
>
> It seems to me that the Mo Betta answer would be to implement the
> fabled "stored procedure" language, that has, as its distinctive, the
> capability to control transactions.  That would have the capability of
> being used in places other than just inside psql.
>
> And it would be a good way for scripting things like specialized
> vacuum and analyze regimens, which cannot be done inside stored
> functions today.

Well, I'm all good with that, too, but am not fired up about either
one to implement it myself. So I think it's going to come down to
what the person doing the work feels most strongly about.

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