Today we have pg_read_file() and pg_read_binary_file(), which mostly correspond to COPY from a file, but reads a whole (or parts but based on bytes) into a single value rather than rows.
Would it make sense to have a pg_execute_program() that corresponds to COPY FROM PROGRAM? This would obviously have the same permissions restrictions as COPY FROM PROGRAM. The usecase would be to for example execute a command that returns json format output, which could then be parsed and processed as part of a query. Today, COPY FROM PROGRAM cannot do this, as we can't read a multiline json value with COPY. Thoughts? //Magnus
