At 4:11 PM +1300 12/5/06, Mark Kirkwood wrote: >Paul Mason wrote: > >>Erm. I don't wish to be rude but I find it hard to take this objection >>seriously. >> >>sed 's/;/\\g/' ingres_schema.sql > other_schema.sql >> >>sed 's/\\g/;/' other_schema.sql > ingres_schema.sql > >(chuckles) Yes - all true (indeed I had previously written a simple JDBC >client which does what you suggest for that reason). And yes I (or you) can >work around all these things, but the issue is not really about that is it? > >I guess I was trying to point out that the behavior of (say) 'sql' is a >difference that adds no value ...
It does, actually. It makes it possible to control when the query is actually issued to the backend. So, for instance, I can enter a multi-query string, edit it as needed, and send the whole thing off when I am satisfied. It also allows a primitive level of error scope control when using the terminal monitor in a batch mode. I am not pretending that this is particularly important, but it is in fact useful. Karl _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.ingres.com http://lists.ingres.com/mailman/listinfo/users
