On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 07:35:11PM +0200, Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote: > >>COPY (SELECT ...) (col1, col2, ...) TO > >>and it was actually working. In your v9 > >>you rewrote the syntax parsing so that > >>feature was lost in translation. > >> > > > >Interesting. I didn't realize this was possible -- obviously I didn't > >test it (did you have a test for it in the regression tests? I may have > >missed it). In fact, I deliberately removed the column list from the > >grammar, because it can certainly be controlled inside the SELECT, so I > >thought there was no reason the support controlling it in the COPY > >column list. > > > > Yes, it was even documented. I thought about having > queries stored statically somewhere (not in views) and > being able to use only part of the result. ISTM that there should have been a regression test that tried that capability out. That would have made it obvious when the functionality was lost, at least. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461
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