Spaces in psql output (Was: FW: PGBuildfarm member snake Branch HEAD Status changed)

From: "Michael Paesold" <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>
To: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: "Marko Kreen" <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Spaces in psql output (Was: FW: PGBuildfarm member snake Branch HEAD Status changed)
Date: 2006-02-10 19:06:53
Message-ID: 00da01c62e75$294e81a0$67dc8380@zaphod
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Bruce Momjian wrote:

>
> The failure, I think, it because of the newline patch we got for psql
> yesterday. I am seeking a diff from pgcrypto to fix it. My openssl is
> too old.

A side affect of this newline patch is that all fields are now filled with
white space up to the displayed column width, even for the last (or only
column). I guess this is somehow required for consistent display. Otherwise,
it makes copy&paste from a psql session more painful, because of all the
added white-space. I hope that psql output intended for script output using
the available flags (i.e. not the "nice display" output) is unaffected?

Best Regards,
Michael Paesold

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