Re: massive quotes?

From: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: massive quotes?
Date: 2003-09-01 00:57:16
Message-ID: 1543.24.211.141.25.1062377836.squirrel@www.dunslane.net
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Bruce Momjian said:
> Let me jump in --- there is the issue of how to prevent the backend
> from running the query through the lexer/parser. The cleanest idea
> presented was:
>
> >CREATE FUNCTION bob() RETURNS INTEGER AS stdin LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
> >BEGIN
> > ...
> >END;
> >\.
>
> The interesting thing I missed at first viewing was that there is a
> semicolon after the first line. This allows the backend to go into a
> COPY-like mode where the client can pass lines to the backend bypassing
> the lexer/parser.
>

If it is all processed in the front end as Tom is suggesting, the backend
wouldn't see anything different from what it does now.

That said, I rather like this syntax.

cheers

andrew

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