Re: InitPostgres and flatfiles question

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: InitPostgres and flatfiles question
Date: 2007-01-05 03:25:05
Message-ID: 200701050325.l053P5X13691@momjian.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Markus Schiltknecht <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Hm, that's an interesting point. psql's -c just shoves its whole
> >> argument string at the backend in one PQexec(), instead of dividing
> >> at semicolons as psql does with normal input.
>
> > Is there a good reason to not let psql -c behave exactly like psql from
> > STDIN?
>
> Backwards compatibility, mostly --- there seems to be a considerable
> risk of subtly breaking people's scripts if we change the transactional
> boundaries for psql -c commands.

True, but if we keep hitting people who don't expect this behavior, I
wonder if we should just fix it and mention it in the release notes.

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