Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Josh Berkus wrote: > > > > >Overall, I assert again that approaching this issue through COPY enhancements > >is really not the way to go. We should be looking at a client utility, > >like pg_import and pg_export. The primary purpose of COPY is bulk loads > >for backup/restore, and I'm against doing a lot of tinkering which might make > >it less efficient or introduce new issues into what's currently very > >reliable. > > > > > > > > That's not unreasonable. I floated my idea as an alternative to a much > more radical proposal. If we decided against it we should remove the > TODO item. > > As against that, if we don't do this then I think we should embrace > these utility programs more, possibly bringing them into the distribution.
CSV seems to be the most widely requested conversion format. Anything else is probably a one-off job that should be done in perl or sed. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
