I submitted a patch a while back to change that but I withdrew it
because I wasn't 100% confident I'd done it right.

Here is the link to it:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql...3/msg00242.php

It's probably 99% there - just a bit of checking.

Chris

Andreas Pflug wrote:
> Examining why psql won't do sensible stuff with COPY BINARY, I realized
> that psql still uses PQgetline, which is marked obsolete since 7.4.
> Is this intentional or just a "never reviewed because it works"?
> Unfortunately, psql/copy.c also states "if you want to use copy in your
> app, this is the code to steal". Seems not a good template code any more.
>
>
> Regards,
> Andreas
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