Re: psql --help=variables missing csv_fieldsep

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql --help=variables missing csv_fieldsep
Date: 2025-11-04 16:39:20
Message-ID: 202511041638.dm4qukcxfjto@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Nov-03, Tom Lane wrote:

> > I find this one you quote somewhat unreadable, so I
> > was going to propose to remove it, and instead direct the user to look
> > at "\? variables" for the exhaustive list. That one is also a bit
> > easier to cross-check, I think. (There's also tab-complete.)
>
> Agreed that the set of \pset options has bloated to the point where
> that presentation is unreadable.

How about this?

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Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/

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