Re: failure of \e in psql

> 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.

That is how it used to work. You run the query, get an error, and \e
pulls it into the editor for fixing.

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