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Comment by bitgeist

5 hours ago

This is a really interesting idea. I had never considered this before.

This would allow you to write PostgreSQL queries that work against a flat file or a Postgres server. Am I understanding the potential benefit correctly?

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rancar2  5 hours ago

If you are interested in that specifically, you may be a bit more interested in DuckDB’s growing support in this area: https://duckdb.org/2026/08/20/duckdb-20-peg-parser

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