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Re: failure of \e in psql

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1999-11-11T21:51:14Z

> On 1999-11-11, Bruce Momjian mentioned:
> 
> > I see that \e no longer works as expected:
> > 
> > 	test=> select * from pg_class;
> > 	...
> > 	test=> \e
> > 
> > and in the editor, the query is not appearing.  The 'select' query
> > should appear in the editor because I have not entered a non-backslash
> > command to clear the query buffer.
> 
> Well, once you send it, it's sent and gone. You have to edit it before you
> send it. I guess I'm not following you. Of course you should somehow be
> able to re-edit the previous query. Hmm.

That is how it used to work.  You run the query, get an error, and \e
pulls it into the editor for fixing.

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