"Daniel Verite" <dan...@manitou-mail.org> writes: >> \G will be much easier to explain to existing users (both people >> coming from MySQL to PostgreSQL, and PostgreSQL users doing a detour >> into foreign territory), and it would be one difference less to have >> to care about when typing on the CLIs.
> That's a good argument, but if it's pitted against psql's > consistency with itself, I'd expect the latter to win. FWIW, \gx makes sense to me as well, particularly if we make it a complete extension of \g and allow an optional target file name. Does that functionality exist in mysql's \G ? 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