Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mark Mielke
Subject Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."?
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Msg-id 4EAF1EC0.1030601@mark.mielke.cc
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In response to Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."?  (Marcin Mańk <marcin.mank@gmail.com>)
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On 10/31/2011 06:54 AM, Marcin Mańk wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Eric Ridge<eebbrr@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Well, it's a "display thing" as much as any SELECT statement
>> (especially via psql) is a "display thing".  It's more like "I want
>> all 127 columns, except the giant ::xml column, and I'm too lazy to
>> type each column name out by hand".
>>
> How about an option for psql to truncate too long columns to X characters ?

I would use this option frequently... :-)

It seems more to the point of what is trying to be accomplished, and 
doesn't even require a server change? :-)

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Mark Mielke<mark@mielke.cc>



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