Re: [SQL] Proposed Changes to PostgreSQL

From: Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: chris(at)bitmead(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Proposed Changes to PostgreSQL
Date: 2000-02-03 04:11:01
Message-ID: 3898FFD5.5D40C507@nimrod.itg.telecom.com.au
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Again, I think you've got the default backwards. I remind you also
> of something we've been beating on Peter about: psql is an application
> scripting tool, so you don't get to redefine its behavior at whim,
> anymore than you can change libpq's API at whim.

If this is the only objection, we could make the old behaviour available
by a SET command, as well as a command-line switch, as well as a
./configure option.

I hope we can get the best design here possible without over-emphasis
on compatibility.

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