Re: psql line number reporting from stdin

On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> There is a long-standing oddity in psql that running
>
> psql -f foo.sql
>
> returns error messages with file name and line number, like
>
> psql:foo.sql:1: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "foo"
>
> but running
>
> psql < foo.sql does not.  I suggest we change the latter to print
>
> psql:<stdin>:1: ERROR:  syntax error at or near "foo"
>
> Other examples for the use of the spelling "<stdin>" in this context
> include gcc and slonik.
>
> Error messages printed in interactive mode will not be affected, of
> course.
>
> Patch attached.

Seems like a good idea to me.

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