On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Today (and previously) I wished that pgbench had a mechanism to help > create simple random databases. For example, I could create a table > "tenk" and fill it with random stuff like > > \setrandom foo 1 10000 > insert into foo values (:foo) > > Now I have to run this 10000 times or something like that. But I don't > want a transaction for each of those, so I had a desire for something > like this: > > begin; > \for iterator 1 10000 > \setrandom foo 1 :iterator > insert into foo values (:foo); > \end > commit; > > Would something like this be acceptable?
*) what does this do that isn't already possible with 'DO' (not being snarky, genuinely curious)? *) should psql get some of these features? simple logic and looping would be a nice addition? merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
