On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Since the copy statement is behaving differently than the normal select
> > stuff,
> > I think we should eighter introduce a new permission (name it copy or dump)
> > or include the copy into the rewrite system.
> >
> > I would vote for the first and implement a new command:
> > unload to <filename> [delimiter '|'] <select statement>; -- and
> > load from <filename> [delimiter '|'] <insert statement>;
> > that does behave like the select. (please forgive my Informix
> > background)
>
> Yes, I agree the Informix way of having load/unload, and having a SELECT
> capability so you can dump any data/join you want, not just a single
> table. Do I have votes to put this on the TODO list?
I'm not quite sure what we are voting on here...is it to implement
permissions on a copy, like we do on 'select/delete/insert/etc'?
If so, count me in...
