Re: psql - add SHOW_ALL_RESULTS option - pg_regress output

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-04-06T17:05:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi,

On 2022-04-06 10:37:29 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 06.04.22 04:06, Andres Freund wrote:
> > On 2022-04-04 23:32:50 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > > This has been committed.
> > 
> > It's somewhat annoying that made pg_regress even more verbose than before:
> > 
> > ============== removing existing temp instance        ==============
> > ============== creating temporary instance            ==============
> > ============== initializing database system           ==============
> > ============== starting postmaster                    ==============
> > running on port 51696 with PID 2203449
> > ============== creating database "regression"         ==============
> > CREATE DATABASE
> > ALTER DATABASE
> > ALTER DATABASE
> > ALTER DATABASE
> > ALTER DATABASE
> > ALTER DATABASE
> > ALTER DATABASE
> > ============== running regression test queries        ==============
> > 
> > Unfortunately it appears that neither can CREATE DATABASE set GUCs, nor can
> > ALTER DATABASE set multiple GUCs in one statement.
> > 
> > Perhaps we can just set SHOW_ALL_RESULTS off for that psql command?
> 
> Do you mean the extra "ALTER DATABASE" lines?  Couldn't we just turn all of
> those off?  AFAICT, no one likes them.

Yea. Previously there was just CREATE DATABASE. And yes, it seems like we
should use -q in psql_start_command().

Daniel has a patch to shrink pg_regress output overall, but it came too late
for 15. It'd still be good to avoid further increasing the size till then IMO.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



Commits

  1. psql: Show all query results by default

  2. psql: Refactor ProcessResult()

  3. psql: Refactor SendQuery()

  4. psql: Add test for psql behavior on server crash

  5. psql: Additional tests

  6. Improve some psql test code

  7. psql: Fix some scan-build warnings

  8. psql: Add test for handling of replication commands

  9. psql: More tests

  10. psql: Add various tests

  11. psql: Add test for query canceling

  12. Revert "psql: Show all query results by default"

  13. Extend a test case a little