Re: psql --help=variables missing csv_fieldsep

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>

Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>

Date: 2025-11-03T17:59:45Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> writes:
> While messing with the \pset boolean display patch, I noticed that psql
> --help=variables is missing csv_fieldsep.  Is there a reason for this?
> It appears to be an omission of commit aa2ba50c2c13 -- accidental?

Seems like a pretty easy oversight to make.  I wonder if there is some
way to cross-check help.c and psql-ref.sgml with the variables and
commands actually implemented in the code ...

			regards, tom lane

Commits

Refer readers of \? to "\? variables" for pset options
- 8fe7700b7eaf 19 (unreleased) landed
Have psql's "\? variables" show csv_fieldsep
- e1e79791af1c 17.7 landed
- 9c742c3943c4 13.23 landed
- 93b7ab5b4bee 19 (unreleased) landed
- 886401611879 18.1 landed
- 87fbbd48c2b8 16.11 landed
- 42fa4dba8439 15.15 landed
- 2c56b7069519 14.20 landed
Add CSV table output mode in psql.
- aa2ba50c2c13 12.0 cited