Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, I am the first to agree that the current syntax is not well > designed, but I must admit that I don't quite see what benefit simply > adding "TABLE" would have.
I think the idea was that "COPY TABLE ..." could have a new clean syntax without the warts of the current syntax. TABLE wouldn't be a noise word, but a trigger for a different syntax for what follows. However, COPY's feature set is inherently pretty wart-y. Even if we had a green field to design syntax in, where exactly is the improvement going to come, assuming that functionality has to stay the same? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])