Re: Add SHELL_EXIT_CODE to psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Add SHELL_EXIT_CODE to psql
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Msg-id CA+TgmoYndoKMNvPM_gY44EZ4=xzYDPZW-OZx8zGOCu-jWdKd3g@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Add SHELL_EXIT_CODE to psql  (Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Add SHELL_EXIT_CODE to psql
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 1:59 PM Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com> wrote:
> SHELL_ERROR is helpful in that it is a ready-made boolean that works for \if tests in the same way that ERROR is set
totrue any time SQLSTATE is nonzero. We don't yet have inline expressions for \if so the ready-made boolean is a
convenience.

Oh, that seems a bit sad, but I guess it makes sense.

> Or are you suggesting that I should have just set ERROR itself rather than create SHELL_ERROR?

No, I wasn't suggesting that.

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Robert Haas
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