| From: | Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net> |
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| To: | Rod Taylor <pg(at)rbt(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, tshipley(at)deru(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: feature proposal ... |
| Date: | 2005-09-22 05:41:19 |
| Message-ID: | 1127367680.4827.2.camel@fuji.krosing.net |
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On K, 2005-09-21 at 20:34 -0400, Rod Taylor wrote:
> Sure. But if you are using STDOUT then why does this need to be a server
> side item at all?
>
> You either have code issuing the commands and collecting the results
> making a standard select just as fast or you are using psql which
> already has multiple display types for SELECT data, including XML
> output, but another could easily be added for CSV style output.
Another advantage of server-side COPY is that pgsql/libpq already does
not try to collect the whole resultset in memory before starting the
display/output process.
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Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)skype(dot)net>
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