On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 01:53:13PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > > One of the things you mentioned is "I often find it necessary to refer to > > existing examples of code when trying to figure out how to do things > > correctly". I couldn't agree more. Haven't seen one yet, but found plenty > > of discussion that tap danced around one or more of the components of the > > copy, put, end paradigm. Maybe I should have just asked for a sample code > > snippet but didn't after a day or so of frustration and trying to piece > > together other people's incomplete samples. > > FWIW, I've generally found that the best examples are what's in the > core distribution. I'd go and look at a tool like psql or pg_restore > and find the code that handles this, and then copy it and cut it down > to what you need.
To move the conversation along: https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/bin/psql/copy.c#L664 Seems possibly even more robust than most people will code, but it's had a lot of real world testing. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <klep...@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does > not attach much importance to his own thoughts. -- Arthur Schopenhauer
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