Re: csv format for psql

David Fetter <david@fetter.org>

From: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-03-07T18:48:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 07:40:49PM +0100, Fabien COELHO wrote:
> 
> Hello Pavel,
> 
> >>        psql --csv 'TABLE Stuff;' > stuff.csv
> >
> >There is commad -c and it should be used. The --csv options should not to
> >have a parameter. I don't like a idea to have more options for query
> >execution.
> 
> Yes, I agree and that is indeed what I meant, sorry for the typo. The
> cleaner example would be something like:
> 
>   psql --csv -c 'TABLE foo' > foo.csv
> 
> With a -c to introduce the command.

This seems pretty specialized.  If we're adding something new, how about 

    psql --format=csv -o foo.csv -c 'TABLE foo'

Or we could stick with:

    psql -P format=csv -o foo.csv -c 'TABLE foo'

Best,
David.
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Commits

  1. Add CSV table output mode in psql.

  2. Reorganize format options of psql in alphabetical order

  3. Complete TODO item: