| From: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] COPY vs \copy HINT |
| Date: | 2016-09-06 20:19:48 |
| Message-ID: | 20160906201948.brhvg57zoiydvb4z@msg.df7cb.de |
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Re: Tom Lane 2016-09-06 <17637(dot)1473192771(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> Christoph's idea isn't bad. We could tweak it to:
>
> COPY TO instructs the PostgreSQL server process to write a file.
>
> COPY FROM instructs the PostgreSQL server process to read a file.
>
> This seems to cover both the wrong-machine and wrong-process-identity
> cases, and as a bonus it might help if you've had a brain fade about
> which COPY direction is write vs. read.
>
> (I think we're all in agreement that the second sentence of the hint
> is fine, so leaving that out of it.)
>
> Comments?
I like your new version, it's crisp and transports the right message.
Christoph
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