| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql |
| Date: | 2008-08-26 01:05:10 |
| Message-ID: | 11849.1219712710@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> writes:
> On Aug 24, 2008, at 6:16 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:
>> Personally I think it's rather nice to be able to have some extra
>> flexibility in how psql prints out data. Maybe, instead of the dry
>> and uninformative 'border 2', there could be a set of ouput control
>> options. Maybe I want the text aligned but with no border for
>> example.
> Or maybe you want an external filter that eats csv or xml and excretes
> what you want to see on the screen.
FWIW, I'd be for a redesign that allows more flexible control over
psql's output format(s). The patch at hand doesn't seem to offer
much advantage though ...
regards, tom lane
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