Re: proposal: multiple psql option -c

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>2015-07-28 10:43 GMT+02:00 Marc Mamin <M(dot)Mamin(at)intershop(dot)de>:
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> >2015-07-28 5:24 GMT+02:00 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>:
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> > 2015-07-27 21:57 GMT+02:00 Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>:
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> > On 07/27/2015 02:53 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
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> > I am trying to run parallel execution
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> > psql -At -c "select datname from pg_database" postgres | xargs -n 1 -P 3 psql -c "select current_database()"
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> > I don't think it's going to be a hugely important feature, but I don't see a problem with creating a new option (-C seems fine) which would have the same effect as if the arguments were contatenated into a file which is then used with -f. IIRC -c has some special characteristics which means it's probably best not to try to extend it for this feature.
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> > ok, I'll try to write patch.
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> >I have a question. Can be -C option multiple?
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> hello,
> Have you thought of how to support -1 along with -C ?
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> > handle the input as with -f
> that is, -1 -C would be equivalent to -c
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> psql -1 -C "sql_1; sql_2;" -C "sql_3; sql_4;"
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> BEGIN;
> sql_1;
> sql_2;
> END;
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> BEGIN;
> sql_3;
> sql_4;
> END;
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> thoughts ?
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>"-1" option is global -, I expected so following steps are more natural
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>BEGIN
> sql_1;
> sql_2;
> sql_3;
> sql_4;
>END;

This is then exactly the same as -c.
If introducing multiple -C to better manage transaction handling,
why not enrich this new feature with the abilities to define batches of transactions ?

Marc