On Apr 3, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
"Dawid Kuroczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
query results using extended table output format.
Seems a bit useless --- if you prefer \x format, wouldn't you
prefer it
all the time?
Dawid Kuroczko wrote:
> 2. Do we want \G? I would say "yes". ;) But it should get discussed.
> pgsql-general perhaps?
No. We have had little demand for the auto, let alone a \G. Once we
have auto I don't see a use for \G.
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Dawid Kuroczko escribió:
> Hmm, seems doable.
I think that the followup discussion leads to implementing just \G (and
\x auto).
> I think there should be a format Enum, which would take values like NORMAL,
> EXTENDED, and EXTENDED_ONCE -- but this would be a much more invasive patch.
> Oh, and c
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Alvaro Herrera
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bruce Momjian escribió:
>
>
> > It seems more helpful if there were \x option to use extended format
> > only when the output is too wide. TODO already has:
> >
> > o Add auto-expanded mode so expanded output i
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane escribió:
>> Huh? The proposed syntax was
>>
>> \x query...
>>
>> What do you do when you'd like the query to extend over multiple lines?
>> Backslash commands can't cross lines.
> Save the fact that the current query is extended, until que
Tom Lane escribió:
> Huh? The proposed syntax was
>
> \x query...
>
> What do you do when you'd like the query to extend over multiple lines?
> Backslash commands can't cross lines.
Save the fact that the current query is extended, until query end? I
haven't actually looked at what the
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane escribió:
>> A bigger problem is that it doesn't play nicely at all with multi-line
>> queries.
> Hmm, why wouldn't it? I assume it would only be recognized if the query
> buffer is empty.
Huh? The proposed syntax was
\x query...
Tom Lane escribió:
> Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I think Martijn is proposing using it as some sort of prefix which would
> > take effect only on the current query.
>
> A bigger problem is that it doesn't play nicely at all with multi-line
> queries.
Hmm, why wouldn't it? I a
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Bruce Momjian escribió:
>> Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
>>> I was thinking that maybe \x should have a one-shot mode, i.e.
>>> \x
>>> does it only for this one statement. It would solve the OPs problem.
>>
>> But break for others who want all output \
Bruce Momjian escribió:
> Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> > I was thinking that maybe \x should have a one-shot mode, i.e.
> >
> > \x
> >
> > does it only for this one statement. It would solve the OPs problem.
>
> But break for others who want all output \x.
I think Martijn is proposing usin
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:08 PM, David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 03:43:50PM -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM, David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:06:26PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > >
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 03:43:50PM -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM, David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:06:26PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > Some sort of "\x auto"? Sounds interesting ...
> > >
> > > Yep.
> >
> > Having \d
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 2:43 PM, David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:06:26PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Some sort of "\x auto"? Sounds interesting ...
> >
> > Yep.
>
> Having \df+ go to \x automatically sounds like a really great idea :)
you can get pret
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 01:06:26PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian escribi?:
> >
> > > It seems more helpful if there were \x option to use extended format
> > > only when the output is too wide. TODO already has:
> > >
> > > o Add auto-expanded mode
Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:07:54PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Alternating between formats using "\x" is, at least for me, a bit
> > > cumbersome: usually _after_ I wrote a query I realize "it would
> > > look more readable in ex
Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian escribi?:
>
> > It seems more helpful if there were \x option to use extended format
> > only when the output is too wide. TODO already has:
> >
> > o Add auto-expanded mode so expanded output is used if the row
> > length is wider than the
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:07:54PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Alternating between formats using "\x" is, at least for me, a bit
> > cumbersome: usually _after_ I wrote a query I realize "it would
> > look more readable in expanded format", which is a bit too late.
> > So I run the query, ctrl+
Bruce Momjian escribió:
> It seems more helpful if there were \x option to use extended format
> only when the output is too wide. TODO already has:
>
> o Add auto-expanded mode so expanded output is used if the row
> length is wider than the screen width.
>
> Consid
Dawid Kuroczko wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Dawid Kuroczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
> > > query results using extended table output format.
> >
> > Seems a bit useless
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Dawid Kuroczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
> > query results using extended table output format.
>
> Seems a bit useless --- if you prefer \x format, woul
"Dawid Kuroczko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
> query results using extended table output format.
Seems a bit useless --- if you prefer \x format, wouldn't you prefer it
all the time? Or at least often enough that the toggling com
Hi!
I have sent a patch to pgsql-patches:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2008-04/msg00050.php
...which adds \G command to psql client.
The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
query results using extended table output format.
For example:
postgres=# SELE
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