Ben,
> Don't wanna spend much time with the fancy-pants formatting (that's what my
> web interface is for). I just need the occasional quick set of results from
> the command line.
>
> Does pgsql have a parallel option?
Yes; see the psql docs:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/app-psql.html
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco