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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format
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Msg-id 29452.1207233354@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format  ("Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format  ("Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42@gmail.com>)
Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format  (Decibel! <decibel@decibel.org>)
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"Dawid Kuroczko" <qnex42@gmail.com> writes:
> The idea of \G command is to perform the query, but with printing
> query results using extended table output format.

Seems a bit useless --- if you prefer \x format, wouldn't you prefer it
all the time?  Or at least often enough that the toggling command is
fine?  I'm dubious that this is worth eating up a command letter for.
        regards, tom lane

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