Tom Lane wrote:
> Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net> writes:
> > Can anyone confirm that --variable command-line options are evaluated
> > before .psqlrc is read and executed? If so, does anyone know the
> > rationale for that? It seems counterintuitive to me, as it makes
> > overriding variables from the command-line impossible.
>
> Seems entirely intuitive to me, as we can certainly not process .psqlrc
> before processing the command line options (one of them might be -X for
> instance).
Well, OK, that may be true for -X and certain others, but not necessarily
for --variable.
> Furthermore, changing it would likely break existing applications.
Fair enough. Any comments on my other points and questions, Tom?
-Julian
