Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 16:34 +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > There are some other arguments in favour of a LOAD command.... Alon? >> >> We already have LOAD, so you'll have to choose something else :)
> Its annoying, I grant you. :-) > LOAD 'library' would still need to be the default. > LOAD LIBRARY 'library' would be the new recommended usage. > LOAD DATA... would be the new command... with most other options hanging > off of that. There's no problem with that, since that is then the same > as Oracle syntax for the load utility. Uh, what's wrong with adding an option to COPY? Not like it hasn't got a ton of 'em already. The Oracle-compatibility angle doesn't interest me at all, mainly because I find it highly improbable that we'd be exactly compatible anyway. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])