Re: COPY (query) TO file - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: COPY (query) TO file
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Msg-id 4480DC43.3040209@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: COPY (query) TO file  (Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>)
Responses Re: COPY (query) TO file  ("Mark Woodward" <pgsql@mohawksoft.com>)
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>>  Allow COPY to output from views
>>  Another idea would be to allow actual SELECT statements in a COPY.
>>
>> Personally I strongly favor the second option as being more flexible
>> than the first.
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> I second that - allowing arbitrary SELECT statements as a COPY source
> seems much more powerful and flexible than just supporting COPY FROM VIEW.

Not to be a sour apple or anything but I don't see how any of this is 
needed in the backend since we can easily use Psql to do it, or pretty 
much any other tool.

Joshua D. Drake

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> Stefan
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