Re: pgbench - allow to store select results into variables

Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>, rafia.sabih@enterprisedb.com, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-08-13T19:45:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi

2017-08-13 20:33 GMT+02:00 Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>:

>
> Here is a v11.
>
> It is basically a simple rebase after Tom committed the "pgbench -M order"
> patch. It interfered because the compound command management also needs
> to delay part of the SQL command initialization. Some patch are luckier
> than others:-)
>
> Here is a v10:
>>
>> - does not talk about ASCII variable name constraint, as a patch has been
>>   submitted independently to lift this constraint.
>>
>> - rename gcset to cset (compound set, \; + \set), where gset is ; + \set,
>>   because "\gcset" looked really strange.
>>
>> - simplify the code a little bit.
>>
>> Also attached is an updated test script.
>>
>>
looks little bit strange, but it has sense

+1

Pavel


>>
> --
> Fabien.

Commits

  1. pgbench: Remove \cset

  2. pgbench: add \cset and \gset commands

  3. Adjust pgbench to allow non-ASCII characters in variable names.

  4. Refactor script execution state machine in pgbench.

  5. Allow empty queries in pgbench.