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Re: [HACKERS] psql and libpq fixes

Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>

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From: Michael Meskes <meskes@postgreSQL.org>
To: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2000-02-11T06:41:10Z
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On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 05:12:54PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> That's very nice and all, but psql doesn't work that way. I'm not sure how
> other dbs organize their front-end internally, but that sort of scheme
> would really take psql places we might not want it to go, and for which it
> hasn't been designed -- namely, to be a programming language.

I wonder why we compare apples and oranges here. Of course esqlc was
designed to be parse a programming language while psql is a query tool. 

Michael
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