Re: failure of \e in psql

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: failure of \e in psql
Date: 1999-11-11 21:37:49
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.20.9911112236460.442-100000@peter-e.yi.org
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On 1999-11-11, Bruce Momjian mentioned:

> I see that \e no longer works as expected:
>
> test=> select * from pg_class;
> ...
> test=> \e
>
> and in the editor, the query is not appearing. The 'select' query
> should appear in the editor because I have not entered a non-backslash
> command to clear the query buffer.

Well, once you send it, it's sent and gone. You have to edit it before you
send it. I guess I'm not following you. Of course you should somehow be
able to re-edit the previous query. Hmm.

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