On Friday, November 21, 2025, lejeczek <peljasz(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
>
> All three servers show the same:
> -> $ psql --port=5437 -c '\pset' | egrep -i pager
> pager 1
> pager_min_lines 0
>
Everything seems to be working as intended. You just seem to have
incorrect expectations.
Whether the pager is used is conditioned on actual output data.
pset controls client settings and those are never “saved”. They have their
default values and a psqlrc file if you wish to change them during program
startup.
David J.