Re: [HACKERS] new backslash command of psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] new backslash command of psql
Date
Msg-id 200002202150.QAA19651@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] new backslash command of psql  (Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] new backslash command of psql
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> [spelling mistake in Subject corrected]
> > Do we have to have a \eset command?  Can't we just use \set that we
> > already have?
> 
> Not sure. Seems \set is for just setting a variable. To change the
> client encoding, we need to do more.

We already have some special variable meanings like \set PROMPT1 which
controls the psql prompt.  Seems an encoding variable can be made too.

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