Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> On 05/14/2015 12:10 PM, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>> Add backslash continuations to pgbench custom scripts.
> I don't personally agree. I believe that it it worth breaking backwards
> compatibility to support line breaks in pgbench statements, and that if
> we're not going to do that, supporting \ continuations is of little value.
I tend to agree on that bottom line; having this be inconsistent with psql
does not seem like a win.
> I'm not clear on why we'd need a full SQL lexer.
So you don't get fooled by semicolons embedded in string literals or
comments.
regards, tom lane