Hello 2012/5/27 hubert depesz lubaczewski <dep...@depesz.com>: > On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 05:39:23PM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote: >> I proposed new psql's format "shell". This format is optimized for >> processing returned result in shell: > > While I generally like the idea, please note that safe reading output > from queries is possible, with COPY, and proper IFS, like:
I newer say so it is impossible > > =$ psql -c "select * from t" > a | b | c > ----+-----+----------- > a1 | b 2 | c|3 > a +| b +| c:| 6 > 4 | 5 +| > | | > (2 rows) > > > =$ psql -qAtX -c "copy (select * from t) to stdout" | while IFS=$'\t' read -r > a b c; do echo -e "a=[$a] b=[$b] c=[$c]"; done > a=[a1] b=[b 2] c=[c|3] > a=[a > 4] b=[b > 5 > ] c=[c:| 6] > I know about this feature http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2012-05/msg01169.php but may "shell format" patch is very simple and can really simplify usage in shell. > that being said - I would love to get more functional psql. This patch doesn't break anything - and it is only 30 lines of non invasive simple code. Implementation of statements to psql is probably long task - I wrote prototype - but I have not time finish it and push to core. Regards Pavel > > Best regards, > > depesz > > -- > The best thing about modern society is how easy it is to avoid contact with > it. > http://depesz.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
