Re: For review: Server instrumentation patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: For review: Server instrumentation patch
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Msg-id 4213.1122236697@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: For review: Server instrumentation patch  ("Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net>)
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha@sollentuna.net> writes:
> How is this different from the fact that the superuser can already use
> COPY to accomplish the same thing?

COPY can accomplish a few of the same things, much less conveniently
(for instance, it's darn hard to write an arbitrary binary file through
COPY).

If COPY provided all the same functionality, then Andreas would just use
that and not be so worried about having this patch.  QED.
        regards, tom lane


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