| From: | Chris Mair <chrisnospam(at)1006(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] selecting large result sets in psql using |
| Date: | 2006-08-17 17:10:25 |
| Message-ID: | 1155834625.3948.51.camel@dell.home.lan |
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> > > BTW, \u seems not to have any mnemonic value whatsoever ... isn't there
> > > some other name we could use?
> >
> > True :)
> > Since buffer commands all have a single char I wanted a single char one
> > too. The "c" for "cursor" was taken already, so i choose the "u" (second
> > char in "cursor"). If somebody has a better suggestion, let us know ;)
>
> I think a new backslash variable isn't the way to go. I would use a
> \pset variable to control what is happening.
IMHO with \pset I'd have different places where I'd need to figure
out whether to do the cursor thing and I was a bit reluctant to add
stuff to existing code paths. Also the other \pset options are somewhat
orthogonal to this one. Just my two EUR cents, of course... :)
Bye, Chris.
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Chris Mair
http://www.1006.org
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