2015-07-02 15:43 GMT+02:00 Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com>: > On 2 July 2015 at 14:02, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > >> >> Please don't top-post on the PostgreSQL lists. You've been around here >> long enough to know that bottom posting is our custom. >> >> I posted a patch for this in 2013 at < >> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/50f2fa92.9040...@dunslane.net> but >> it can apply to a SELECT, and doesn't need COPY. Nobody seemed very >> interested, so I dropped it. Apparently people now want something along >> these lines, which is good. >> > > It's a shame that both solutions are restricted to either COPY or psql. > > Both of those are working on suggestions from Tom, so there is no history > of preference there. > > Can we have both please, gentlemen? > > If we implemented Andrew's solution, how would we request it in a COPY > statement? Seems like we would want the RAW format keyword anyway. >
I prefer a COPY like solution - it can be used on both sides (server, client), and it can be used little bit simply for psql -c "XXX" pattern. Regards Pavel > -- > Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > <http://www.2ndquadrant.com/> > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services >
