Re: [HACKERS] new backslash command of psql

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] new backslash command of psql
Date: 2000-02-20 21:50:51
Message-ID: 200002202150.QAA19651@candle.pha.pa.us
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> [spelling mistake in Subject corrected]
> > Do we have to have a \eset command? Can't we just use \set that we
> > already have?
>
> Not sure. Seems \set is for just setting a variable. To change the
> client encoding, we need to do more.

We already have some special variable meanings like \set PROMPT1 which
controls the psql prompt. Seems an encoding variable can be made too.

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