Re: COPY syntax - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Lee Kindness
Subject Re: COPY syntax
Date
Msg-id 15790.30194.391022.633016@kelvin.csl.co.uk
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In response to Re: COPY syntax  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: COPY syntax  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: COPY syntax  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Bruce Momjian writes:> Peter Eisentraut wrote:> > Bruce Momjian writes:> > > > COPY table TO STDOUT WITH BINARY OIDS;>
>> > Shouldn't the "binary", being an adjective, be attached to something?> > > Uh, it is attached to WITH?> > Attached
toa noun phrase, like "mode" or "output".  Note that all the> > other things the typically follow WITH in any command
arenouns.> Should we add an optional MODE after BINARY?
 

Are you serious? You'd like to mess up the COPY syntax even further
for a purely grammatical reason!

A good few months ago I put formward an idea to change (well migrate
really) to "COPY TABLE" rather than "COPY" - this would allow a well
designed and thoughtout syntax for the new version while retaining old
compatibility.

egards, Lee Kindness.


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