Re: psql Feature request \set query

For making psql fully scriptable I would think it would be smarter to
embed a full well-supported existing language rather than trying to
invent a new one.

If we do want to to that I would suggest looking at lua which is
intended to be used this way.

greg

On 23 Oct 2008, at 05:45 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> "We can't do anything unless we do everything" is a recipe for
>>> failure.
>
>> True enough, but a car doesn't roll without at least four wheels.
>
> Perhaps more to the point: you don't have to implement every part of a
> set of features at the same time, but it's a good idea to design them
> all together. Else you risk writing something that doesn't play nice
> with the other parts; and by the time you find out, it's too late to
> change without creating a backwards-compatibility problem.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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