2016-11-28 20:03 GMT+01:00 Fabien COELHO <coe...@cri.ensmp.fr>: > > Hello Corey, > > This patch adds two very simple psql commands: \quit_if and \quit_unless. >> > > A few comments about the feature design: > > I'm unsure about the name, esp with '_'. There are some \lo_* commands, > but others rely on pasted words (\crosstabview, \errverbose, ...). >
There are not any other conditional statements - so using "_" can be better > > I'm wondering if an simplistic interpreted \if \elsif/\else \fi would make > more sense: > The \if \ese \elseif is not in contradiction with \quit_if - \if is more generic, \quit_if is simple for implementation, one liner, and best readable Pavel > > Quitting seems a little bit definitive, and means that if I have some > alternatives then I have to have something that relaunch another script > outside... > > When \includes are process, does \quit stop the include or the full > script. I'm afraid it is the script. > > Now probably an \if... would have also some drawbacks, but ISTM that there > could be less of them. > > There is no test provided with the patch. > > -- > Fabien. > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers >
