Re: Doc patch on psql output formats

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Doc patch on psql output formats
Date: 2018-11-07 01:56:00
Message-ID: 20181107015600.GE1677@paquier.xyz
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On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 06:18:37PM +0100, Daniel Verite wrote:
> In both cases using abbreviations in scripts is not a great
> idea. Anyway I will look into the changes required in do_pset to
> implement the error on multiple matches, if that's the preferred
> behavior.

You would also break the compatibility of a script using only "a" by
issuing an error. Anyway, complaining about an unmatch sounds better
than a silent failure.
--
Michael

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