Re: Change Request: \pset pager off in pg_dumpall - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Larry Rosenman
Subject Re: Change Request: \pset pager off in pg_dumpall
Date
Msg-id 3670000.1060651938@lerlaptop.lerctr.org
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In response to Re: Change Request: \pset pager off in pg_dumpall  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Change Request: \pset pager off in pg_dumpall
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--On Monday, August 11, 2003 20:36:11 -0400 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> 
wrote:

> Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes:
>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> Larry Rosenman wrote:
>>>> Can we modify pg_dumpall (or pg_dump?) to include a \pset pager off
>>>> to prevent the setval() calls from halting an interactive \i of the
>>>> dump file?
>>>
>>> Your pg_dump's actually invoke the pager?
>
>> Seriously, sometimes it's useful.
>
> Are you using any nonstandard settings in ~/.psqlrc?  I've never seen
> this happen myself.
Nope.  There is no .psqlrc.

It seems to be new with 7.4cvs. (dunno about earlier 7.4), but it definitely
did NOT happen with 7.3.x

LER

>
>             regards, tom lane



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