Re: [HACKERS] new psql \d command

[Andreas Pflug]

Bruce Momjian wrote:

Tom Lane wrote:
 

Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
   

It might be a bit risky getting pg_dump to use it though?
     

I definitely don't want pg_dump using the pretty-print stuff ;-).
I'm neutral on whether to use it in psql's \d commands.
   

I thought the pretty-printing stuff was designed specifically for psql
\d and third-party apps like pgadmin.
Yes it was, but it can be meaningful for pg_dump too.
The pretty-print stuff will inflate the dump with many spaces which 
doesn't make any sense with formats not meant to be read by humans, 
(--format=c), but --format=p output might well be used for user editing. 
So IMHO an option to enable pretty-dump can be useful.

Regards,
Andreas
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