Re: Commands history with psql in a Windows command line shell

Are you doing this in PostgreSQL 7.3 and Windows XP? Can you provide us
with a little more useful information like current PostgreSQL version and
O/S?
Otherwise we have absolutely no idea what the problem might be.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Lmhelp1 <lmhelp1(at)orange(dot)fr> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using "psql" in "cmd.exe" in Windows (8.1).
>
> Below is the command I use to connect to a database with "psql":
> cmd.exe> psql -p <tcp_port> -U <username> <database_name>
>
> My problem is the following.
> Suppose I enter one command:
> <database_name># SELECT * FROM <a_table_1>;
> and then another one:
> <database_name># SELECT * FROM <a_table_2>;
> The commands history "is not working": meaning I cannot retrieve these
> last two commands I entered by hitting the top arrow key.
> Instead, I have to type them again.
>
> To try to solve the problem, I entered the command:
> <database_name># \set HISTSIZE 100
> but it didn't change anything.
>
> Yesterday, I don't remember what I did, but I could access the commands
> history using Powershell, maybe the command "\set HISTSIZE 100" and maybe a
> "psqlrc" file.
> But whatever I've been trying to do since, I can't make it work again.
>
> Can you please advise me what to do to make this work?
>
> Best regards.
> --
> Léa Massiot
>
>
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