Re: silence and failure of SQL commands

From: "John Payne" <jcpayne(at)uw(dot)edu>
To: <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: silence and failure of SQL commands
Date: 2011-04-28 21:28:20
Message-ID: 005501cc05eb$32ce3510$986a9f30$@edu
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One subtle aspect of this is that I did the same thing wrong several times
in a row:

1. I enter an SQL command without a semicolon. No response. (I fail
to notice the cursor change from => to ->)

2. I enter another SQL command without a semicolon. No response, and
this time, the cursor is already '->', so NOTHING changes.

3. I enter another SQL command without a semicolon.no response,
nothing changes.

4. Etc.

I don't know how useful it is to be able to split commands over many lines,
but maybe after you've hit Enter without a semicolon several times it could
give you more of a prompt.

John

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