Re: psql Feature request \set query

From: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "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 23:06:59
Message-ID: 603c8f070810221606qbca6d33pc57d876a7bcb71c3@mail.gmail.com
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> 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.

...Robert

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