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Re: psql --help=variables missing csv_fieldsep

Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>

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From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
Date: 2025-11-04T16:39:20Z
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On 2025-Nov-03, Tom Lane wrote:

> > I find this one you quote somewhat unreadable, so I
> > was going to propose to remove it, and instead direct the user to look
> > at "\?  variables" for the exhaustive list.  That one is also a bit
> > easier to cross-check, I think.  (There's also tab-complete.)
> 
> Agreed that the set of \pset options has bloated to the point where
> that presentation is unreadable.

How about this?

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Álvaro Herrera         PostgreSQL Developer  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/

Commits

  1. Refer readers of \? to "\? variables" for pset options

  2. Have psql's "\? variables" show csv_fieldsep

  3. Add CSV table output mode in psql.