Re: [PATCHES] Current-stream read for psql's \copy

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I propose we not break existing applications. If we change it the way
> >> you suggest, there'll be no way to do the above.
>
> > But does anyone use such a capability?
>
> What, you're going to remove a feature because you don't think it's
> used? We've been burnt by that approach before.

Yes. We get burnt by it, but we also remove stuff we don't get burnt
by, so it is a value judgement.

> > The program has to generate \. to terminate the input
>
> No it doesn't. EOF will do fine. The source program doesn't
> necessarily have to know anything about COPY, as long as its output is
> in a format COPY can cope with (eg, tab-delimited).

The current behavior seems quite strange and counter-intuitive. We
might break the code for 1-2 people, but we will make it more
predicable for everyone using it.

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