Re: proposal \gcsv

st 1. 4. 2020 v 17:52 odesílatel Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>
napsal:

> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> > I could see having a command to copy the current primary formatting
> > parameters to the alternate area, too.
>
> We could have a stack to store parameters before temporary
> changes, for instance if you want to do one csv export and
> come back to normal without assuming what "normal"
> values were.
>
> \pset push format csv_fieldsep
> \pset format csv
> \pset csv_fielsep '\t'
> some command \g somefile
> \pset pop
>
> So \pset pop would reset the pushed parameters
> to their values when pushed, which also could be all
> parameters:
>
> \pset push all
> \pset param1 something
> \pset param2 something-else
> ...other commands...
> \pset pop
>
> or
>
> \pset push all
> \i somescript.sql
> \pset pop
>
>
It can work, but it is not user friendly - my proposal was motivated by
using some quick csv exports to gplot's pipe.

Regards

Pavel

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