Re: COPY table FROM STDIN via SPI - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joe Conway
Subject Re: COPY table FROM STDIN via SPI
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Msg-id d30df590-4858-5e84-7d12-3cbef3aa672f@joeconway.com
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In response to Re: COPY table FROM STDIN via SPI  (James Sewell <james.sewell@gmail.com>)
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On 7/11/23 22:52, James Sewell wrote:
> 
>     No.  It'd be a wire protocol break, and even if it weren't I would not
>     expect many clients to be able to deal with it.  They're in the middle
>     of a query cycle (for the SELECT or CALL that got you into SPI), and
>     suddenly the backend asks for COPY data?  What are they supposed to
>     send, or where are they supposed to put it for the COPY-out case?
>     There's just not provision for nesting protocol operations like that.
> 
> 
> What about running a COPY directly from C - is that possible?


https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-copy.html


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Joe Conway
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