Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible
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Msg-id 25480.1125442597@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Re: PSQL commands not backwards-compatible  ("Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> This isn't a bug, it's a feature request.  We've never had backwards
>> compatibility of psql backslash commands.

> In the past, most of these usually worked.

They've been broken on a fairly regular basis in past releases.
Certainly 7.3 broke every single one because of the addition of
schema syntax ...

            regards, tom lane

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