Re: Show type in psql SELECT

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Mike Toews <mwtoews(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Show type in psql SELECT
Date: 2013-02-23 17:55:08
Message-ID: 20130223175508.GB23340@fetter.org
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 12:09:51PM +1300, Mike Toews wrote:
> Hi hackers,
>
> Type info can be viewed with "\d mytable", however often I'd like to
> see the type (and typmod) info in SELECT queries with psql, similar
> to pgAdmin III. For example:

I'm thinking we should add it as a SET parameter and expose it to all
SQL. The next client program(s) shouldn't have to re-invent this
separately.

Cheers,
David.
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