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From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [patch] Proposal for \rotate in psql
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In response to Re: [patch] Proposal for \rotate in psql  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:08 PM, David G. Johnston
<david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
> Given the role that psql performs I do think \rotate to be the least
> problematic choice; I concur that avoiding \pivot is desirable due to SQL's
> usage.

I can't agree.  Rotating a matrix has a well-defined meaning, and this
does something that is not that.

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Robert Haas
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