Re: psql Feature request \set query - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: psql Feature request \set query
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Msg-id 603c8f070810221606qbca6d33pc57d876a7bcb71c3@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: psql Feature request \set query  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: psql Feature request \set query  (Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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> I think you're asking for more scriptability in psql.  Personally I
> think that would be a great idea, but we need a lot more than what's
> being proposed here.  We'll also need loops, conditionals, etc.  We've
> had patches for those submitted over the years, but one at a time they
> are easily rejected because they're so obviously incomplete.

"We can't do anything unless we do everything" is a recipe for failure.

...Robert


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