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    Add a \gexec command to psql for evaluation of computed queries. · 2bbe9112
    Tom Lane authored
    \gexec executes the just-entered query, like \g, but instead of printing
    the results it takes each field as a SQL command to send to the server.
    Computing a series of queries to be executed is a fairly common thing,
    but up to now you always had to resort to kluges like writing the queries
    to a file and then inputting the file.  Now it can be done with no
    intermediate step.
    
    The implementation is fairly straightforward except for its interaction
    with FETCH_COUNT.  ExecQueryUsingCursor isn't capable of being called
    recursively, and even if it were, its need to create a transaction
    block interferes unpleasantly with the desired behavior of \gexec after
    a failure of a generated query (i.e., that it can continue).  Therefore,
    disable use of ExecQueryUsingCursor when doing the master \gexec query.
    We can still apply it to individual generated queries, however, and there
    might be some value in doing so.
    
    While testing this feature's interaction with single-step mode, I (tgl) was
    led to conclude that SendQuery needs to recognize SIGINT (cancel_pressed)
    as a negative response to the single-step prompt.  Perhaps that's a
    back-patchable bug fix, but for now I just included it here.
    
    Corey Huinker, reviewed by Jim Nasby, Daniel Vérité, and myself
    2bbe9112
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