Thread: BUG #2840: \set HISTCONTROL ignoredups doesn't work in psql

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference:      2840
Logged by:          Ned T. Crigler
Email address:      crigler@users.sourceforge.net
PostgreSQL version: 8.2
Operating system:   Linux (Debian unstable)
Description:        \set HISTCONTROL ignoredups doesn't work in psql
Details:

In psql, doing:

\set HISTCONTROL ignoredups
select 1;
select 1;
select 1;
select 1;
select 1;

adds every select statement into the history, instead of ignoring the
duplicate statements.

On 12/19/06, Ned T. Crigler <crigler@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>
> In psql, doing:
>
> \set HISTCONTROL ignoredups
> select 1;
> select 1;
> select 1;
> select 1;
> select 1;
>
> adds every select statement into the history, instead of ignoring the
> duplicate statements.
>

Can you please let us know the environment? If it is psql on Windows, then I
think it is the cmd.exe thats storing that history for you and not psql
itself.

Regards,


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"Ned T. Crigler" <crigler@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> Description:        \set HISTCONTROL ignoredups doesn't work in psql

Ooops, seems it got broken somewhere between 8.1 and 8.2.  Thanks for
the report!

            regards, tom lane

"Ned T. Crigler" <crigler@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> Description:        \set HISTCONTROL ignoredups doesn't work in psql

Fixed, thanks for the report.

            regards, tom lane