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. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster