| From: | "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "D'Arcy J(dot)M(dot) Cain" <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Asko Oja" <ascoja(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql |
| Date: | 2008-08-24 13:16:43 |
| Message-ID: | b42b73150808240616i113fef12s102308a1eee677a@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:57:50 -0400
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Also, having now looked at the proposed patch, it seems clear that it
>> isn't addressing the issue of quoting/escaping at all; so I wonder how
>> this can be considered to be a safely machine-readable format.
>
> It's not a machine readable format. It is a simple display with more
> border lines. Just like "border 2" is like "border 1" with more border
> lines. I'm just following the progression.
Personally I think it's rather nice to be able to have some extra
flexibility in how psql prints out data. Maybe, instead of the dry
and uninformative 'border 2', there could be a set of ouput control
options. Maybe I want the text aligned but with no border for
example.
merlin
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