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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Add tests to dblink covering use of COPY TO FUNCTION

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Daniel Farina <drfarina@gmail.com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu@krosing.net>, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Daniel Farina <dfarina@truviso.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-11-25T04:44:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> Don't you still need the functions to accept an argument of type
> internal? Otherwise, we lose the ability to copy a buffer to the dblink
> connection, which was the original motivation.

If you do that, then there is no possibility of ever using this feature
except with C-coded functions, which seems to me to remove most of
whatever use-case there was.

			regards, tom lane