How about, the format of psql duration can be set via some ... backslash command or commdn line switch? And the default of course remains the current behavior?
bogdan > Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > On 2014-09-28 20:32:30 -0400, Gregory Smith wrote: > >> On 9/28/14, 7:49 AM, Bogdan Pilch wrote: > >>> I have created a small patch to postgres source (in particular the > >>> psql part of it) that modifies the way time spent executing the SQL > >>> commands is printed out. > > >> There are already a wide range of human readable time interval output > >> formats available in the database; see the list at > >> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/datatype-datetime.html#INTERVAL-STYLE-OUTPUT-TABLE > > > He's talking about psql's \timing... > > Indeed. Still, it seems like this has more downside than upside. > It seems likely to break some peoples' scripts, and where exactly > is the groundswell of complaint that the existing format is > unreadable? TBH, I've not heard even one complaint about that > before today. On the other hand, the number of complaints we will > get if we change the format is likely to be more than zero. > > regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
