Andreas Pflug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But we're not talking about psql only (and \beginlit and \endlit are > quite ugly sql keywords), and this should be a backend thing only
I disagree with both of those assertions. psql is the issue because other clients used for administrative work (pgAdmin etc) already have their own solutions to function body editing. A COPY-based design isn't going to make life better for them. Since psql is the issue, a backend hack isn't the answer. I'll agree that I've not seen a really pleasing idea for the psql backslash command names, but I'm open to suggestions... and surely an invented SQL keyword is not any prettier than an invented psql backslash command. > (I hope you won't suggest that pgAdmin3 should be a frontend for psql :-) No, I didn't suggest that. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html