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

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
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> Greg Smith wrote:
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>> I haven't heard anything from Andrew about ragged CVS import either.  I
>> think that ultimately those features are useful, but just exceed what the
>> existing code could be hacked to handle cleanly.
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> The patch is attached for your edification/amusement. I have backpatched it
> to 8.4 for the client that needed it, and it's working just fine. I didn't
> pursue it when it was clear that it was not going to be accepted. COPY
> returning text[] would allow us to achieve the same thing, a bit more
> verbosely, but it would be a lot more work to develop.

FWIW, I've somewhat come around to this idea.  But I might be the only one.

...Robert