Pavel Stehule <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> writes: > there is other issue - simply parser will be really user unfriendly, and > user friendly parser will not by simply :(
If simple things are hard to implement, get yourself better tools. Each time we get on the topic of improving scripting abilities for our interactive tool, it's always the same problem: having to invent a scripting language with a whole parser is just too much work. Maybe it's time we step back a little and consider real scripting solutions to embed into psql, and pgbench too: http://ecls.sourceforge.net/ LGPL Common Lisp http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ LGPL Scheme, Javascript, Emacs Lisp http://www.lua.org/ MIT Lua Regards, -- Dimitri Fontaine http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers