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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format
Date: 2008-04-03 14:35:54
Message-ID: 29452.1207233354@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
> query results using extended table output format.

Seems a bit useless --- if you prefer \x format, wouldn't you prefer it
all the time? Or at least often enough that the toggling command is
fine? I'm dubious that this is worth eating up a command letter for.

regards, tom lane

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