On 8/5/21 2:25 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
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> čt 5. 8. 2021 v 18:48 odesílatel Platon Pronko
> <platon7pronko@gmail.com <mailto:platon7pronko@gmail.com>> napsal:
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> Hi!
> >>> I also find this annoying and would be happy to be rid of it.
> >>
> >> Have you tried "\pset format wrapped"? Pavel suggested it, and it
> >> solved most of the problem for me, for example.
> >
> > Yes, but it changes the data line output. Ideally, you should be
> able
> > to modify these independently.
>
> I agree, and I think this can be implemented, but I'm a bit afraid of
> introducing an additional psql option (there's already quite a lot
> of them).
> I suspect primary PostgreSQL maintainers won't be happy with such
> an approach.
>
>
> it can be a fully new format - designed for simple copy from terminal.
> Some like
>
> ====== record: 10 ======
> ------------ proname ------------
> left
> ------------ prosrc ------------
> $lalalal
> ewqrwqerw
> ewqrwqerqrewq
> $
> ===============
>
>
I think that's really a different idea. The original proposal was simply
to deal with insanely long header lines. This seems like massive scope
creep.
cheers
andrew
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