Re: psql line number reporting from stdin

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> > There is a long-standing oddity in psql that running
> >
> > psql -f foo.sql
> >
> > returns error messages with file name and line number, like
> >
> > psql:foo.sql:1: ERROR: syntax error at or near "foo"
> >
> > but running
> >
> > psql < foo.sql does not. I suggest we change the latter to print
> >
> > psql:<stdin>:1: ERROR: syntax error at or near "foo"
> >
> > Other examples for the use of the spelling "<stdin>" in this context
> > include gcc and slonik.
> >
> > Error messages printed in interactive mode will not be affected, of
> > course.
> >
> > Patch attached.
>
> Seems like a good idea to me.
>

Naysayers can always make a case for backwards-compatibility, or not
breaking the scripts written with the existing behaviour in mind. Do our
docs have anything to say about scripts executed from stdin?

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Gurjeet Singh
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