Re: psql slash command '\G'

Ian Barwick writes:

> The proposed slash command '\G' performs the same function as
> the existing command '\g' (send query buffer to server and optionally
> results to a file or pipe) but silently toggles expanded output mode
> immediately before and immediately after sending the query buffer to
> the backend.

Sorry, this strikes me as a very random solution to a very particular
problem. Tomorrow someone comes with a patch to do an implicit \a during
\g -- what letter does he take?

You say \x\g\x is too much typing? Propose a macro processor. You don't
like the messages that are printed? Propose a switch to turn them off.
Or you could make a "conditional \x" that automatically switches to \x
format if there are more than a certain number of columns in the result
set.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net