Re: pg_execute_from_file review

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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 16:51:52
Message-ID: AANLkTikosRrqq8DTu-3k1s4-=AKoawmju2yOagYnSAOV@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> 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"?

That, I like.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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