Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 19:27 +0300, Martin Atukunda wrote: >> If readline is used by psql, a history file is automatically used. >> This patch adds the special file name 'none', which if set as the >> HISTFILE parameter, will cause psql not to use the history file.
> I think it would be cleaner to use a separate \set variable to control > whether a history file is written, rather than needlessly overloading > the meaning of HISTFILE. Why is this useful at all? There's already the -n (don't use readline) switch. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq