Re: psql and readline - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: psql and readline
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0301092039320.29178-100000@localhost.localdomain
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In response to psql and readline  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne writes:

> Is there any way of making the 'up' arrow retrieve all of the last multiline
> query, instead of just the last line?

There is nothing technical that should prevent you from implementing it.
But you need to come up with a reasonable system to keep the history
straight if meta commands are mixed with multiline commands, such as

select *
\x
from foo;

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net



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