Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Dawid Kuroczko <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format
Date: 2008-04-03 16:44:04
Message-ID: 20080403164404.GA2528@alvh.no-ip.org
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Bruce Momjian escribió:

> It seems more helpful if there were \x option to use extended format
> only when the output is too wide. TODO already has:
>
> o Add auto-expanded mode so expanded output is used if the row
> length is wider than the screen width.
>
> Consider using auto-expanded mode for backslash commands like \df+.

Some sort of "\x auto"? Sounds interesting ...

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