On 06/19/2015 02:51 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> writes: >> On 05/14/2015 12:10 PM, Fabien COELHO wrote: >>> Add backslash continuations to pgbench custom scripts. > >> I don't personally agree. I believe that it it worth breaking backwards >> compatibility to support line breaks in pgbench statements, and that if >> we're not going to do that, supporting \ continuations is of little value. > > I tend to agree on that bottom line; having this be inconsistent with psql > does not seem like a win. > >> I'm not clear on why we'd need a full SQL lexer. > > So you don't get fooled by semicolons embedded in string literals or > comments.
I take it we ignore those now? I mean, personally, it wouldn't break anything for me but since some other benhcmarks involve random text generators .... -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
