Re: very long record lines in expanded psql output

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Platon Pronko <platon7pronko(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: very long record lines in expanded psql output
Date: 2021-08-05 20:19:03
Message-ID: 66d23848-9f73-abc9-2fbb-3b8abfbb2fce@dunslane.net
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On 8/5/21 12:48 PM, Platon Pronko wrote:
> Hi!
>>>> I also find this annoying and would be happy to be rid of it.
>>>
>>> Have you tried "\pset format wrapped"? Pavel suggested it, and it
>>> solved most of the problem for me, for example.
>>
>> Yes, but it changes the data line output. Ideally, you should be able
>> to  modify these independently.
>
> I agree, and I think this can be implemented, but I'm a bit afraid of
> introducing an additional psql option (there's already quite a lot of
> them).
> I suspect primary PostgreSQL maintainers won't be happy with such an
> approach.
>
>

I think I qualify as one of those ... :-)

cheers

andrew

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