Well, good points. I know there were some people who wanted a clearer syntax, so I supplied it. Seems you don't. I would like to hear from someone else who doesn't like the improved syntax before I consider changing things back.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > I thought there were complaints that the old COPY syntax just had too > > many features stuffed in too many unusual places, > > Haven't ever seen one. This command has no precedent in other products, > only years of going virtually unchanged in PostgreSQL. Changing it now > and allowing countless permutations of the key words is going to be > confusing, IMHO. > > > e.g. delimiter after > > filename, > > COPY is the only command to use a delimiter, so this can hardly be > qualified as an "unusual" place. > > > oids after tablename, > > That's because the OIDs are in said table. > > > binary after COPY, > > Which is consistent with DECLARE BINARY CURSOR. > > > NULL after delimiter. > > OK, that order should perhaps be more flexible. > > -- > Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
