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Re: One-shot expanded output in psql using \G

Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>

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From: "Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
To: "Christoph Berg" <christoph.berg@credativ.de>
Cc: "PostgreSQL Hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-01-28T17:42:49Z
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  1. psql: Fix \gx when FETCH_COUNT is used

  2. psql: Add \gx command

	Christoph Berg wrote:

> A workaround is to submit queries using "\x\g\x", but that's ugly,
> clutters the output with toggle messages, and will forget that "\x
> auto" was set.
> 
> Mysql's CLI client is using \G for this purpose, and adding the very
> same functionality to psql fits nicely into the set of existing
> backslash commands: \g sends the query buffer, \G will do exactly the
> same as \g (including parameters), but forces expanded output just for
> this query.

+1 for the functionality but should we choose to ignore the comparison
to mysql, I'd suggest \gx for the name.


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Daniel Vérité
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