Re: psql misbehaves because of a simple typo

From: "Serguei Mokhov" <sa_mokho(at)alcor(dot)concordia(dot)ca>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "PostgreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: psql misbehaves because of a simple typo
Date: 2001-12-04 06:02:46
Message-ID: 02b601c17c89$57b184e0$5dd9fea9@gunn
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:16 AM

> "Serguei Mokhov" <sa_mokho(at)alcor(dot)concordia(dot)ca> writes:
> > Is it me (who hasn't read some FAQ or a doc/man page) or
> > it's a bug in the psql interactive terminal?
>
> Both.

Oops.

> There's a bug there, but it's not the one you think.

No, that's what I thought.

> psql seems to forget that it's got unmatched parentheses in the
> buffer after executing a \? command. Watch the prompt:

... and that's what I've witnessed.

Sorry for the 'false' alarm. This feature just bumped
into me unexpectedly.

-s

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