Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua Drake
Subject Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql
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Msg-id 20080829093619.7724b98a@jd-laptop
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In response to Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql  ("Jaime Casanova" <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec>)
Responses Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:23:50 -0500
"Jaime Casanova" <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:45 AM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm surprised that we don't have a general option to escape special
> > characters.  Perhaps that's the next small enhancement.
> >
> > darcy=# \pset escape \
> >
> 
> this looks like we are trying to make cosmetic magic instead of solve
> the real problem...
> what about the idea someone propose of having output formats hooks...
> seems more reasonable to me
> 

I am trying to understand why we are having a client do this? If you
want some other type of output, script it.

Joshua D. Drake

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