Re: Help : Microsoft SQL Server equivalents in

Ron Johnson wrote:
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> On 01/19/07 18:21, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Sorry, I know of no way to get a status bar that shows how far the an
> > INSERT or COPY has progressed.  People have asked for it, but no one has
> > any idea how to implement it.
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> How hard *would* it be to patch the \copy code to print out a "#"
> every N number of input records?
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> Or is it "just" a matter of someone with a sufficient itch sending
> in a relatively simple patch?

Yea, probably, but considering they probably want a graphic progress
bar, the big question is what API would you use to allow flexible use of
that feature.

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