Re: \copy (query) delimiter syntax error

I think I'll go with Tom's Plan B for HEAD, but not do anything more for
8.2 than has already been done.

cheers

andrew


Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Did we come to a conclusion on this?
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> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>> Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The consequence will be, though, that psql will accept a syntax for
>>>>> "\copy (query) ..." that the corresponding backend command would
>>>>> reject were we not transforming it. That strikes me as potentially
>>>>> confusing.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Perhaps.  What about plan B: remove the legacy syntax support in \copy?
>>>> IIRC it has not been documented since 7.2, so maybe we can finally throw
>>>> it overboard.  Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I like it for 8.3 - but  maybe my present patch would be better for
>>> 8.2, as it involves less behaviour change.
>>>
>>>
>> While we decide this issue, which can be worked around in any case, I am
>> going to commit the part of the patch that nobody has objected to (and
>> which will fix Michael's original complaint), on HEAD and 8.2 stable, so
>> we can get some testing going.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> andrew
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