Re: Possible TODO item: copy to/from pipe

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

Chris Browne wrote:
> pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de (Andreas Pflug) writes:
>
> > Dave Page wrote:
> >
> > > > -----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.
>
>
> Shall we make PostgreSQL less powerful because of that?

I never said that. We shall seek solutions that run painless on most 
popular platforms are useful to users.
I wonder if we'd be able to ship gzip with the windows installer, to 
insure proper integration.

Regards,
Andreas