Re: very long record lines in expanded psql output

On 8/5/21 2:25 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
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> čt 5. 8. 2021 v 18:48 odesílatel Platon Pronko
> <platon7pronko@gmail.com <mailto:platon7pronko@gmail.com>> napsal:
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>     Hi!
>     >>> I also find this annoying and would be happy to be rid of it.
>     >>
>     >> Have you tried "\pset format wrapped"? Pavel suggested it, and it
>     >> solved most of the problem for me, for example.
>     >
>     > Yes, but it changes the data line output. Ideally, you should be
>     able
>     > to  modify these independently.
>
>     I agree, and I think this can be implemented, but I'm a bit afraid of
>     introducing an additional psql option (there's already quite a lot
>     of them).
>     I suspect primary PostgreSQL maintainers won't be happy with such
>     an approach.
>
>
> it can be a fully new format - designed for simple copy from terminal.
> Some like
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> ====== record: 10 ======
> ------------ proname ------------
> left
> ------------ prosrc  ------------
> $lalalal
> ewqrwqerw
> ewqrwqerqrewq
> $
> ===============
>
>

I think that's really a different idea. The original proposal was simply
to deal with insanely long header lines. This seems like massive scope
creep.


cheers


andrew

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