Re: psql NUL record and field separator

Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org>

From: Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@toroid.org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2012-02-09T05:41:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
At 2012-02-07 13:20:43 +0200, peter_e@gmx.net wrote:
>
> Should we rename the options and/or add that to the documentation, or is
> the new behavior obvious and any new terminology would be too confusing?

I agree there is potential for confusion either way. I tried to come up
with a complete and not-confusing wording for all four options, but did
not manage to improve on the current state of affairs significantly. I
think it can stay the way it is. The reference to xargs -0 is probably
enough to set the right expectations about how it works.

We can always add a sentence later to clarify the special-case behaviour
of -0 if anyone is actually confused (and the best wording will be more
clear in that situation too).

-- Abhijit