Tom Lane wrote: > Tino Wildenhain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Ok, but why not just implement this into pg_dump or psql? >> Why bother the backend with that functionality? > > You're not seriously suggesting we reimplement evaluation of WHERE clauses > on the client side, are you?
no, did I? But what is wrong with something like: \COPY 'SELECT foo,bar,baz FROM footable WHERE baz=5 ORDER BY foo' TO file|stdout which would just run the query (in the backend of course) and format the output just like copy would... I mean, ok, when its in the backend, its fine too (beside the data expansion if you dont implement compression...) but I thougt implementing in the frontend would be easier... Regards Tino ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
