> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andreas Pflug > Sent: 31 May 2006 16:41 > Cc: Tom Lane; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe > > Andreas Pflug wrote: > > > > > Won't help too much, until gzip's output is piped back too, so a > > replacement for COPY .. TO STDOUT COMPRESSED would be > > COPY ... TO '| /bin/gzip |' STDOUT, to enable clients to > receive the > > reduced stuff. > > Forgot to mention: > COPY COMPRESSED was also meant to introduce a portable format that's > efficient for both text and binary data. Relying on some > external XYZzip > version seems not too portable to me.
It does have that advantage. Gzip and others are not particularly Windows friendly for example. Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match