Re: proposal \gcsv

so 29. 2. 2020 v 11:34 odesílatel Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
napsal:

> On 29/02/2020 06:43, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I would to enhance \g command about variant \gcsv
> >
> > proposed command has same behave like \g, only the result will be every
> > time in csv format.
> >
> > It can helps with writing psql macros wrapping \g command.
> >
> > Options, notes?
>
> But then we would need \ghtml and \glatex etc.  If we want a shortcut
> for setting a one-off format, I would go for \gf or something.
>
>     \gf csv
>     \gf html
>     \gf latex
>

usability of html or latex format in psql is significantly lower than csv
format. There is only one generic format for data - csv.

Regards

Pavel



> -1 on \gcsv
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> Vik Fearing
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