Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe
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Msg-id 447DB910.2020607@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe  (Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>)
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Andreas Pflug wrote:

> 
> Won't help too much, until gzip's output is piped back too, so a 
> replacement for COPY .. TO STDOUT COMPRESSED  would be
> COPY ... TO '| /bin/gzip |' STDOUT, to enable clients to receive the 
> reduced stuff.

Forgot to mention:
COPY COMPRESSED was also meant to introduce a portable format that's 
efficient for both text and binary data. Relying on some external XYZzip 
version seems not too portable to me.

Regards,
Andreas


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