Re: 8.0.0beta4: "copy" and "client_encoding"

Hi, Oliver,

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:07:12 +1300
Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com> wrote:

> > If you choose to go the URL parameter route, I would suggest you use the
> > existing 'compatible' parameter.  This is exactly the type of thing that
> > parameter was designed to be used for.  By default the driver does the
> > new check.  But with a value of 'compatible=7.4' (or less, i.e. < 8.0)
> > the driver would revert back to the old behavior of not doing this
> > check.
>
> What's the upgrade path for a "legacy" application that uses COPY, so
> that it is a "current" application and no longer needs the compatible=
> parameter?

The upgrade path is to use properly recoded files.

> I don't see such a path without an additional COPY API or backend
> changes. So I'd prefer not to put this into the "compatible behaviour"
> bucket.

Maybe the sanest way would be to have an extra parameter, but setting
compatible=7.4 also disables the check.

But this may be to confusing.

Markus

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