Re: psql: \x and slash commands - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: psql: \x and slash commands
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Msg-id 42A8F500.4030503@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to psql: \x and slash commands  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: psql: \x and slash commands
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> Someone commented to me recently that they usually use psql's \x 
> "expanded output" mode, but find that it produces pretty illegible 
> results for psql slash commands such as \d. I can't really see a reason 
> you would _want_ "expanded output" mode for the result sets of psql 
> slash commands. Would anyone object to changing \x to not affect that 
> way that the result sets of slash commands are printed?

I have complained about that a few times before, but for some 
unbeknownst reason people thought that having totally messed up table 
displays was a feature, not a bug :)

Chris



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