On Wed, 2009-10-21 at 17:39 -0700, Tena Sakai wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> Is it possible to have psql ignore the line I am typing?
> That is, similar to '#' with unix shell.  What I would
> like is to document my interaction with psql.  If an
> exclamation mark were a comment character, I may type
> something like:

I believe -- will do what you like;

>  silver=# ! I need to find out if data tagged as KIAA
>  silver=# ! got into silver database last night.
>  silver=#
>  silver=# select type, name, marker
>  silver-#   from marker_table
>  silver-#  where tag LIKE 'KIAA%';
> 
> It would be nice to be able to jot down what little stream
> of thoughts come to my finger tip while I converse with
> psql.
> 
> Thank you in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tena Sakai
> tsa...@gallo.ucsf.edu
> 
> 
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