Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe

[Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>]

Dave Page wrote:
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>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org 
> > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Andreas Pflug
> > Sent: 31 May 2006 16:41
> > Cc: Tom Lane; pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe
> >
> > 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.
>
>
> It does have that advantage. Gzip and others are not particularly
> Windows friendly for example.

... as most windows programs are pipe agnostic.

Regards,
Andreas