Tom, > If you're proposing changing the contents of the default prompt, I think > that has very little chance of passing. A new option for something to > add into a custom prompt might get accepted. I'm not sure that that > approach would do much for the scenario you describe, since it's > unlikely that anyone would add it to their prompt (at least not before > they'd gotten burnt...). However, I don't recall hearing of anyone > getting confused like this before, and you say you figured it out pretty > quickly, so it doesn't seem like a big problem.
Well, I think having a \ command to show the current \o setting would be fine. Actually, it might be better to show *all* psql settings with a general command, including things like \timing and \pset. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
