On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 16:31, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > > > On 10/12/2011 10:12 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> >> Robert Haas<robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >>> >>> We could do that, but I think Heikki's idea of adding a comment would >>> help a lot. >> >> +1. Simple, easy, should help significantly. >> >> Also, I disagree with the position that the files "aren't SQL files". >> Sure they are. You'd want them treated as SQL by your editor, for >> example. So changing the extension is just wrong. >> > > *shrug* ok. Another thought I had was to have the file raise an error and > have that filtered out by the extension mechanism. But I'm not sure if it's > worth the trouble.
How about adding something like -- \\psql_hates_this -- rest of comment and then at least have new versions of psql find that and stop processing the file with a more useful error at that point? Or maybe that's overengineering.. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers