Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."?

From: Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>
To: Marcin Mańk <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Eric Ridge <eebbrr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>, David Wilson <david(dot)t(dot)wilson(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."?
Date: 2011-10-31 22:18:40
Message-ID: 4EAF1EC0.1030601@mark.mielke.cc
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On 10/31/2011 06:54 AM, Marcin Mańk wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Eric Ridge<eebbrr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Well, it's a "display thing" as much as any SELECT statement
>> (especially via psql) is a "display thing". It's more like "I want
>> all 127 columns, except the giant ::xml column, and I'm too lazy to
>> type each column name out by hand".
>>
> How about an option for psql to truncate too long columns to X characters ?

I would use this option frequently... :-)

It seems more to the point of what is trying to be accomplished, and
doesn't even require a server change? :-)

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Mark Mielke<mark(at)mielke(dot)cc>

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