Re: pg_execute_from_file review

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>, Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_execute_from_file review
Date: 2010-11-29 16:48:06
Message-ID: 28523.1291049286@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> pg_execute_file() could be read to mean you are going to execute the
> file itself (i.e. it's a program).

Well, if that's what it suggests to you, I don't see how adding "from"
disambiguates anything. You could be executing machine code "from"
a file, too.

What did you think of "pg_execute_sql_file"?

regards, tom lane

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