| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCHES] Double Backslash example patch |
| Date: | 2003-12-17 17:12:11 |
| Message-ID: | 3FE08E6B.2020200@dunslane.net |
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Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
>>
>> I think the minimum amount of additional work that has to be done before
>> we can apply it is to teach psql's input parser about $QUOTE$ ---
>> without that, the feature is not only useless but counterproductive.
>>
>>
> IMHO it's not useless. pgAdmin already knows that quoting scheme...
> not yet tested, I'll have to check that patch.
>
OTOH we sure want it for psql - being able to use this in scripts fed to
psql is very important IMNSHO.
I see that psql/mainloop.c contains this comment:
* FIXME: rewrite this whole thing with flex
Is now the time to do that? It would be a pity if substantial changes
were made here only to be thrown away ...
cheers
andrew
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