Re: COPY enhancements

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Emmanuel Cecchet <manu(at)asterdata(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COPY enhancements
Date: 2009-09-11 15:26:16
Message-ID: 20849.1252682776@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I don't see any reasonable way to sandwhich the FORCE NOT NULL syntax
> into a keyword/value notation.

Any number of ways, for example "force_not_null = true" or multiple
occurrences of "force_not_null = column_name". Andrew was on the verge
of admitting we don't need that option anymore anyway ;-), so I don't
think we should allow it to drive an exception to the simplified syntax.

regards, tom lane

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