Re: proposal or just idea for psql - show first N rows from relation backslash statement

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal or just idea for psql - show first N rows from relation backslash statement
Date: 2013-02-14 14:36:55
Message-ID: 20130214143655.GB4330@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2013-02-14 09:33:51 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Merlin Moncure (mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> > CALL top10('foo');
> >
> > which seems more general and just as terse. So I think implementing
> > call syntax is probably topping my 'wanted feature' list.
>
> We have that, it's called 'SELECT' and it's only 2 more characters..

Well, I guess Merlin wanted actual stored procedures with full control
over transactions... Not exactly a small task.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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