Re: Updated backslash consistency patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
Date
Msg-id 20090115194432.GF20296@fetter.org
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In response to Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  ("Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 01:46:08PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> > I know I already posted this but it seems the most useful behavior is to
> > just change the sort. It doesn't change any behavior in terms of
> > flags/switches so there is nothing new to learn. It just changes the
> > output.
> 
> That's better than nothing, but it still doesn't help when I want to do:
> 
> psql -c '\df' | grep bool

psql -c '\dfS' |grep bool

> This is not a made-up use case.

Nor is does this long overdue change impose an undue burden on it :)

Cheers,
David.
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