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1. ";" no longer allowed to terminate a command beginning with "\"

   Sean Kelly <s.kelly@newcastle.ac.uk> — 2000-06-24T13:42:05Z

   Hi there,
   
   	Just would like some "is this a bug or a feature"-style
   clarification on this please.
   
   	In PostgreSQL v6.5 you used to be able to end a command issued to
   "psql" starting with a backslash "\" with a semicolon ";", eg.
   
   bookmarks=> \d sites_tbl;
   Table    = sites_tbl
   ...
   TABLE HERE
   ...
   
   	However, in PostgreSQL v7.0.2, this does not happen, eg.
   
   projman_dev=# \d login_tbl;
   Did not find any relation named "login_tbl;".
   
   [even though there _is_ a table called login_tbl]
   
   	I know that SQL statements end with a semi-colon, and I also know
   that the backslashed commands are _not_ SQL statements.  In my case, I
   know I am used to ending almost everything I write with a semicolon but
   was just wondering whether this was a planned change to the "psql"
   application.
   
   	Thanks for your time,
   
   --
   Sean Kelly <S.Kelly@ncl.ac.uk>
   "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay
   
   
   

2. Re: ";" no longer allowed to terminate a command beginning with "\"

   Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> — 2000-06-25T01:08:58Z

   Sean Kelly writes:
   
   > 	Just would like some "is this a bug or a feature"-style
   > clarification on this please.
   
   It was an undocumented "fact" that didn't work very well or consistently,
   but it will be back.
   
   > 	In PostgreSQL v6.5 you used to be able to end a command issued to
   > "psql" starting with a backslash "\" with a semicolon ";", eg.
   
   -- 
   Peter Eisentraut                  Sernanders väg 10:115
   peter_e@gmx.net                   75262 Uppsala
   http://yi.org/peter-e/            Sweden