Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
>
>> The consequence will be, though, that psql will accept a syntax for
>> "\copy (query) ..." that the corresponding backend command would reject
>> were we not transforming it. That strikes me as potentially confusing.
>>
>
> Perhaps. What about plan B: remove the legacy syntax support in \copy?
> IIRC it has not been documented since 7.2, so maybe we can finally throw
> it overboard. Thoughts?
>
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I like it for 8.3 - but maybe my present patch would be better for 8.2,
as it involves less behaviour change.
cheers
andrew