Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > oh, good point. OK, I have cut this quick patch that will continue to > accept the legacy syntax in psql in non-inline-query cases, but will > make psql unreservedly emit new style syntax for COPY to the backend. > Does that seem reasonable, or is it too much of a change for the stable > branch?
We've never promised that psql's backslash commands would work at all with older backends, so I think removing compatibility with pre-7.3 backends at this point isn't a problem. OTOH, going out of your way to remove compatibility seems a bit pointless, so I'd vote against the "have_query" parts of this patch. Just change the output format. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster