| From: | Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "postgres hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql Feature request \set query |
| Date: | 2008-10-22 23:14:11 |
| Message-ID: | 20081022161411.002b6050@jd-laptop |
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:06:59 -0400
"Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > I think you're asking for more scriptability in psql. Personally I
> > think that would be a great idea, but we need a lot more than what's
> > being proposed here. We'll also need loops, conditionals, etc.
> > We've had patches for those submitted over the years, but one at a
> > time they are easily rejected because they're so obviously
> > incomplete.
>
> "We can't do anything unless we do everything" is a recipe for
> failure.
True enough, but a car doesn't roll without at least four wheels.
>
> ...Robert
>
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