| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Mark Feit <mfeit+postgresql(at)notonthe(dot)net> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] Current-stream read for psql's \copy |
| Date: | 2004-02-10 15:10:22 |
| Message-ID: | 14669.1076425822@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> 'psql test </tmp/x' works fine, but 'psql -f /tmp/x test' hangs waiting
> for input from stdin. Why would we want STDIN to read from the terminal
> if all commands are being read from a file with -f?
Actually, that behavior is extremely useful. Consider
program-that-generates-data | psql -f somescript
The script can issue a COPY FROM STDIN to insert the data coming through
the pipe.
> I propose we just fix this and document it in the release notes.
I propose we not break existing applications. If we change it the way
you suggest, there'll be no way to do the above.
regards, tom lane
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