Markus Schiltknecht <markus@bluegap.ch> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Hm, that's an interesting point. psql's -c just shoves its whole
>> argument string at the backend in one PQexec(), instead of dividing
>> at semicolons as psql does with normal input.
> Is there a good reason to not let psql -c behave exactly like psql from
> STDIN?
Backwards compatibility, mostly --- there seems to be a considerable
risk of subtly breaking people's scripts if we change the transactional
boundaries for psql -c commands.
regards, tom lane