2015-11-05 17:17 GMT+01:00 Joe Conway <m...@joeconway.com>:

> On 11/04/2015 10:46 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > 2015-11-05 7:39 GMT+01:00 Craig Ringer wrote:
> >     I see constant confusion between \copy and COPY. It's a really good
> >     reason NOT to overload other psql commands IMO.
> >
> > but crosstab is one old function from old extension with unfriendly
> > design.
>
> Hey, I resemble that remark ;-)
>

I am sorry, Joe - no any personal attack - I'll pay a beer for you if you
visit Prague :)

Pavel


>
> > When we support PIVOT/UNPIVOT - the crosstab function will be
> > obsolete. It is not often used command.
>
> But agreed, once we have proper support for PIVOT built into the
> grammar, the entire tablefunc extension becomes obsolete, so perhaps
> overloading \crosstab is not so bad.
>
> Joe
>
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