From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Proposal: new pg_dump options --copy-delimiter and |
Date: | 2006-01-27 15:18:42 |
Message-ID: | 43DA39D2.9010205@commandprompt.com |
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> Those who don't use it will never see it.
>
It does however add more maintenance to the code.
>> Furthermore, it's quite unclear why you'd use pg_dump at all to
>> generate a data file that you intend to feed to some other program.
>>
>
> In my case, it's about being copy/paste friendly.
>
David I don't get this... what are you copying from/to that would
wouldn't just script? If you throw into a script you can change
the delimiter on the fly using translation.
> Actually, it's not. I'm attaching my preliminary patch, as I see I
> haven't explained it well enough.
>
Perhaps a test case that shows the productivity of it? I am not
arguing whether or not this is a useful feature but I don't
see the purpose.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
> Cheers,
> D
>
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