Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Magnus Hagander wrote: > >> That also requires a "reasonable shell", which all platforms don't > >> have... > > > > I think doing any sort of reasonable scripting around psql requires a > > reasonable shell. Or next someone will suggest implementing loops and > > conditionals in psql. > > ... Now that you mention it :) > > psql is a shell. It is the postgresql shell. I don't see any problem > with continuing to extend the postgresql shell to a more functional > platform that is independent.
At least it'd help those poor people trying to do conditional COMMIT or ROLLBACK based on the transaction status. Maybe it's not such a bad idea. On the other hand, seeing how the history line numbers patch is still nowhere to be seen, I don't think we should be expecting you to send a patch ... ;-) -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
