Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."?

From: Marcin Mańk <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Eric Ridge <eebbrr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>, David Wilson <david(dot)t(dot)wilson(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."?
Date: 2011-10-31 10:54:34
Message-ID: CAK61fk7w8M=9h46+khuiULta+P7jMXqcqw-z4=66GM=Lbt2aEg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Eric Ridge <eebbrr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Well, it's a "display thing" as much as any SELECT statement
> (especially via psql) is a "display thing".  It's more like "I want
> all 127 columns, except the giant ::xml column, and I'm too lazy to
> type each column name out by hand".
>

How about an option for psql to truncate too long columns to X characters ?

Greetings
Marcin Mańk

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