David G. Johnston wrote:
> Do I understand correctly that you are proposing a slightly less
> verbose alternative of:
>
> \o :filename
> COPY TO STDOUT
> \o
Not strictly the same because of this:
\o or \out [ filename ]
....
“Query results” includes all tables, command responses, and notices
obtained from the database server, as well as output of various
backslash commands that query the database (such as \d); but not
error messages.
If for instance psql received a notification between the two \o it would
end up in the file, which it wouldn't with \copyto.
The same is true for SELECT... \g file as opposed to \o file
Best regards,
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