Bruce Momjian writes:

> OK, turns out the '\h alter' code does a simple printf(), not a
> PageOutput() and fprintf() to that pipe.  Various \h outputs are long,
> including CREATE TABLE, GRANT, and ALTER TABLE.  ALTER itself is really
> larger because it prints all the ALTER commands help.

They are long, but not not longer than a few pages, in which case it's
more convenient to use your terminals scrolling functionality.  It's a
different story when query output is thousands of lines long, in which
case you usually cannot scroll anymore.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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