Re: [HACKERS] pgbash-1.1.1 release - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

That's really cool !
I just install and played a little bit.
I found a minor problem :
I have to connect to any database to issue
exec_sql -l database
I have no my personal database
Here is a log:

bash-2.03$ exec_sql -l database
(-402)FATAL 1:  Database megera does not exist in pg_database
bash-2.03$ exec_sql "connect to discovery"
# PostgreSQL 6.5.2 on i586-pc-linux-gnulibc1, compiled by gcc 2.95.1
# CONNECT TO  discovery:5432  AS  discovery  USER  megera

bash-2.03$ exec_sql -l database
# Databases list

datname  |datdba|encoding|datpath  
---------+------+--------+---------
template1|   505|      16|template1
apod     |    11|      16|apod     

I don't understand this requirements just to list all databases
Regards,
        Oleg


On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, SAKAIDA wrote:

> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 17:24:57 +0900
> From: SAKAIDA <sakaida@psn.co.jp>
> To: hackers@postgreSQL.org
> Cc: pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org
> Subject: [HACKERS] pgbash-1.1.1 release
> 
> Hi,
> 
>   With many cooperators, I have made a *bash built-in command* for
> PostgreSQL called "pgbash".
> 
>   The pgbash is the system which offers the 'direct SQL'/'embedded
> SQL' interface for PostgreSQL by being included in the bash-2.x 
> shell. 
> 
> 
> Features of pgbash
> -------------------
> 
> 1.The pgbash has a function which is equivalent to psql except for
>   the interactive input processing function. 
> 
> 2.It is possible that pgbash carries out the interactive input
>   processing  using the hysteresis editing function ( history, !, 
>   fc command ) of bash.
> 
> 3.An output of retrieval result and database information of pgbash 
>   uses PSprint() which improved PQprint(). By PSprint(), it is 
>   possible to output by plain table type, plain table + outer frame 
>   type and HTML table type. And, it is possible to display NULL 
>   value string(like '-NULL-') and bit zero string(like '-0-').
> 
> 4.It is possible that pgbash manipulates multiple databases using
>   CONNECT, DISCONNECT and SET CONNECTION (or -d option ).
> 
> 5.The pgbash has a function which substitutes the retrieval result 
>   for the shell variable using FETCH INTO statement. 
> 
> 6.It is possible to set CGI mode. In CGI mode, the pgbash switches 
>   the output to HTML, and read the datat by GET/POST method, and 
>   read the data of HTTP_COOKIE.
> 
> 7.The pgbash sets "error code", "error message", "number of tuples",
>   etc to the shell variable. Therefore, it is possible to know the
>   condition after the SQL execution. 
> 
> 
>   Details is as follows.  
>   http://www.psn.co.jp/PostgreSQL/pgbash/index-e.html
> 
> # I am very glad, if many people will use the pgbash.
> 
> --
> Regards.
> 
> SAKAIDA Masaaki  -- Osaka, Japan$B!!(B
> # Sorry, I am not good at English. 
> 
> 
> ************
> 

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