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Re: psql: add \pset true/false

Marko Tiikkaja <marko@joh.to>

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From: Marko Tiikkaja <marko@joh.to>
To: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>, PostgreSQL hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2015-11-12T13:06:28Z
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On 11/12/15 1:50 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> FWIW, I am -1 on the concept of enforcing output values for particular
> datatypes because that's not the job of psql

In my view, the job of psql is to make working with a postgres database 
easy for us human beings.  That means (among other things) formatting 
and aligning query output for readability.  I don't see how reformatting 
unreadable boolean values meant for computers is that big of a stretch.


.m

Commits

  1. Add \pset options for boolean value display