Re: Uppercase tab completion keywords in psql?

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>

To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

Date: 2012-03-23T14:51:16Z

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psql: Add variable to control keyword case in tab completion
- db84ba65ab5c 9.2.0 cited
psql: Case preserving completion of SQL key words
- 69f4f1c3576a 9.2.0 cited

Excerpts from Andrew Dunstan's message of jue mar 22 19:05:30 -0300 2012:
> 
> On 03/22/2012 05:49 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Robert Haas and I are disappointed by this change.  I liked the fact
> > that I could post nice-looking SQL queries without having to use my
> > capslock key (which I use as a second control key).  Any chance of
> > reverting this change?
> >
> 
> Should it be governed by a setting?

A \set variable perhaps?  +1  Would the old behavior be the default?

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