Re: massive quotes?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Is there a TODO here?  The only problem I see is that it introduces the
> > idea of special column-1 handling, which we don't have right now, except
> > in COPY.
> 
> I think the idea would be to execute what's effectively a COPY IN during
> the CREATE FUNCTION command, and then use the data so collected as the
> function body.  It seems doable offhand, though we'd have to think about
> whether this breaks any aspect of the FE/BE protocol, or whether it's
> truly a user-friendly interface.

Wow, imagine libpq creating a function.  Doesn't it just pass the
entire string to the server?  How would COPY IN handle that?

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