Re: [HACKERS] COPY .... WITH (FORMAT binary) causes syntax error at or near "binary"

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Alvaro Herrera
>> <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
>>> I assume it's not in unreserved_keyword because it would cause a
>>> shift/reduce conflict elsewhere.
>
>> Yeah.  In particular, it conflicts with the ancient copy syntax which
>> we still support for backwards compatibility with versions < 7.3.  We
>> can fix the immediate problem with something like the attached.
>
>> (a) Should we do that?
>
> That seems like a horrid crock ...

Do you have something else to propose?

It's a crock we have used elsewhere, so there is some precedent.

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