Re: psql metaqueries with \gexec

On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 8:42 PM, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> >>> + The secondary queries are executed in top-to-bottom,
>> >>> left-to-right order, so the command
>>
>> >> I took that as meaning what I said above.
>>
>> > Would using the term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row-major_order be
>> more
>> > clear?
>>
>> Meh, I suspect a lot of people don't know that term. Perhaps something
>> like "The generated queries are executed in the order in which the rows
>> are returned, and left-to-right within each row if there is more than one
>> column."
>>
>> regards, tom lane
>>
>
>
> I like it. Change forthcoming.
>

Changes since last submission:

Patch attached. Changes are thus:
- rebased
- pset.gexec_flag unconditionally set to false at end of SendQuery
- wording of documentation describing execution order of results
- rebasing allowed for undoing the re-wrap of enumerated slash commands.

Still not changed:
- exuberant braces, can remove if someone wants me to