Re: [GENERAL] Simple, but VERYuseful enhancement for psql command - or am I missing something?

2004-03-09 Thread Ben
I want to thank everyone for replying - that was really great. My specific issue sounds like it would be best addressed using variables. Thanks hugely for the pointer on that one. Displaying things vertically isn't going to work for me in particular; you lose too much display area that way. I

[GENERAL] Simple, but VERYuseful enhancement for psql command - or am I missing something?

2004-02-28 Thread Ben
I'm designing a fairly involved database system. As part fo the process, I use the \i [FILE] command a great deal. I set up fairly involved queries, sometimes simply for the purpose of shortening column names so the output is reasonable. For example: SELECT longname AS abbr,othername as V FROM

Re: [GENERAL] Simple, but VERYuseful enhancement for psql command - or am I

2004-02-27 Thread Nick Barr
Ben wrote: I'm designing a fairly involved database system. As part fo the process, I use the \i [FILE] command a great deal. I set up fairly involved queries, sometimes simply for the purpose of shortening column names so the output is reasonable. For example: SELECT longname AS abbr,othername as