Re: psql record separator

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Charley Tiggs <lists(at)tiggs(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql record separator
Date: 2008-01-09 22:13:13
Message-ID: 18985.1199916793@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Charley Tiggs <lists(at)tiggs(dot)net> writes:
> I'm trying to create a CRLF record separator using the following syntax:
> psql -R "\r\n" dbname username -c "select * from foo" > data_file.txt

> But, no matter what I do, it only outputs a newline (\n). How can I
> force the separator to be a windows line break (CRLF)?

According to the code, -R only affects the output in "unaligned" output
mode. Can you use that?

regards, tom lane

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