Re: proposal \gcsv

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal \gcsv
Date: 2020-02-29 10:59:22
Message-ID: CAFj8pRBAuBN9dincmc1d+q6HgZWnBN4rCGeOctTS-eSOm0VdtQ@mail.gmail.com
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so 29. 2. 2020 v 11:34 odesílatel Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>
napsal:

> On 29/02/2020 06:43, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I would to enhance \g command about variant \gcsv
> >
> > proposed command has same behave like \g, only the result will be every
> > time in csv format.
> >
> > It can helps with writing psql macros wrapping \g command.
> >
> > Options, notes?
>
> But then we would need \ghtml and \glatex etc. If we want a shortcut
> for setting a one-off format, I would go for \gf or something.
>
> \gf csv
> \gf html
> \gf latex
>

usability of html or latex format in psql is significantly lower than csv
format. There is only one generic format for data - csv.

Regards

Pavel

> -1 on \gcsv
> --
> Vik Fearing
>

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