Re: pgbench post-connection command

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-01-12T20:04:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> More like "\once ... any SQL command or meta command here ..."
>> if we want to extend the scripting language. But I'd be perfectly happy
>> with a command-line switch that specifies a script file to be run once.

> Once per connection, yes?

Hmmm ... good question.  Heikki was speculating about doing CREATE TABLE
or similar, which you'd want done only once period.  But I see no very
strong reason why cases like that couldn't be handled outside of
pgbench.  So yeah, once per connection.

			regards, tom lane