RE: BUG #16059: Tab-completion of filenames in COPY commands removes required quotes
Steven Winfield <steven.winfield@cantabcapital.com>
From: Steven Winfield <Steven.Winfield@cantabcapital.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-11-02T22:00:30Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers
>> As per the documentation[1], the COPY command requires the output filename >> to be single-quoted. ... >> Note that using the \copy command instead works fine, as filenames do not >> need to be quoted in that case. >Yeah, it seems like a bad idea to override the user's choice to write >a quote, even if one is not formally necessary. I propose the attached. Thanks for taking a look at this. It will save me (and I hope many others) from much frustration! But, to be clear, for the COPY command the single quotes *are* formally necessary, so at the moment tab-completion is turning a valid (partial) invocation into an invalid one. Best, Steve.
Commits
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Improve psql's tab completion for filenames.
- cd69ec66c886 13.0 landed
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Modernize our readline API a tad.
- 5e7bedc5adba 13.0 landed
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Add tab completion for EXPLAIN (SETTINGS) in psql
- 4b011cad272e 13.0 cited