Bruce Momjian writes:
 > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
 > > Bruce Momjian writes:
 > > > > COPY table TO STDOUT WITH BINARY OIDS;
 > > > > Shouldn't the "binary", being an adjective, be attached to something?
 > > > Uh, it is attached to WITH?
 > > Attached to a noun phrase, like "mode" or "output".  Note that all the
 > > other things the typically follow WITH in any command are nouns.
 > Should we add an optional MODE after BINARY?

Are you serious? You'd like to mess up the COPY syntax even further
for a purely grammatical reason!

A good few months ago I put formward an idea to change (well migrate
really) to "COPY TABLE" rather than "COPY" - this would allow a well
designed and thoughtout syntax for the new version while retaining old
compatibility.

egards, Lee Kindness.

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