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Re: proposal \gcsv

Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>

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From: Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>, Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>, Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-04-07T10:48:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, 7 Apr 2020 at 03:30, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:


> your patch supports syntax
>
> (option1=value option2=value)
>
> It looks little bit inconsistent and unusual
>
>>
It's the same as a connection string. Actually, maybe that's the key to
allowing parentheses, etc. in option values if needed - allow the same
single-quote quoting as in connection strings. Maybe even just call the
same code to do the parsing.

Commits

  1. Allow psql's \g and \gx commands to transiently change \pset options.