Re: [patch] Proposal for \rotate in psql

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Proposal for \rotate in psql
Date: 2015-09-08 17:38:14
Message-ID: CA+Tgmobi5ygbYOq13TXKFeUYJt9KA+bN-drMJQbvdG5nuaWZWw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:08 PM, David G. Johnston
<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Given the role that psql performs I do think \rotate to be the least
> problematic choice; I concur that avoiding \pivot is desirable due to SQL's
> usage.

I can't agree. Rotating a matrix has a well-defined meaning, and this
does something that is not that.

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Robert Haas
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