Re: psql misbehaves because of a simple typo - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Serguei Mokhov
Subject Re: psql misbehaves because of a simple typo
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Msg-id 02b601c17c89$57b184e0$5dd9fea9@gunn
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In response to psql misbehaves because of a simple typo  ("Serguei Mokhov" <sa_mokho@alcor.concordia.ca>)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 10:16 AM

> "Serguei Mokhov" <sa_mokho@alcor.concordia.ca> writes:
> > Is it me (who hasn't read some FAQ or a doc/man page) or
> > it's a bug in the psql interactive terminal?
> 
> Both. 

Oops.

> There's a bug there, but it's not the one you think.

No, that's what I thought.

> psql seems to forget that it's got unmatched parentheses in the
> buffer after executing a \? command.  Watch the prompt:

... and that's what I've witnessed.

Sorry for the 'false' alarm. This feature just bumped
into me unexpectedly.

-s



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