Re: How to just "link" to some data feed - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: How to just "link" to some data feed
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Msg-id 16533.1212552982@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: How to just "link" to some data feed  (Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com>)
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Oliver Jowett <oliver@opencloud.com> writes:
> That's essentially the same as the COPY you quoted in your original
> email, isn't it? So.. what exactly is it you want to do that COPY
> doesn't do?

The OP seems to be laboring under the delusion that we might consider
storing "live" data in a flat text file.  I'd be interested to know how
such a representation could handle MVCC updates, or indexing ... even
presuming that it was a good idea for any other reason, which he has not
provided.

> Anyway, it's not really JDBC related.

Definitely not.

            regards, tom lane

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