Re: Command-line client sometimes misinterprets tabs for nulls - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Command-line client sometimes misinterprets tabs for nulls
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Msg-id 23483.1030427313@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Command-line client sometimes misinterprets tabs for nulls  (Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe@secureworks.net>)
Responses Re: Command-line client sometimes misinterprets tabs for nulls  (Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe@secureworks.net>)
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Casey Allen Shobe <cshobe@secureworks.net> writes:
> Tabs should paste; they're normal characters.

Turn off readline (psql -n).  For someone accustomed to tab completion,
the above is about as sensible as demanding we disable backspace.

It would be nice if we could distinguish pasted tabs from manually-typed
tabs, but I'm not aware of any way that psql could tell the difference.

            regards, tom lane

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