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Re: psql and \p\g

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1999-11-11T21:50:18Z

> On 1999-11-11, Bruce Momjian mentioned:
> 
> > I have found that typing:
> > 
> > 	test=> select * from pg_class\p\g
> > 
> > no longer works.  I honors the \p, but ignores the \g.
> > 
> > Any ideas Peter?
> 
> select * from foo \p \g
> 
> This was done to normalize the grammar a little bit (haha, very
> funny). In particular it allows this sort of stuff:
> => select * from foo \p \o out.txt \g \\ select * from foo 2 \x \g
> etc.
> 
> Is it *really* necessary to be able to omit the space?
> 

Yes, I believe it is, in the sense that many people are used to doing
them together.  Can a backslash trigger some separation of commands, or
at least \p\g be recognized correctly.  I don't think there are other
meaningful combinations.

Can you add a unix-style timestamp for \T?

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