On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 03:50 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > psql variables and commands are not SQL, and are case sensitive. For > example, \ds and \dS are not at all the same. > > This is documented clearly on the psql man page, so it is simply not a > bug
It may be documented, but \set still has a terrible user interface. There is no feedback about whether a variable has been successfully changed. Updates to non-existent variables are silently accepted, and references to non-existent variables do not result in an error. I've complained about this before[1], but there wasn't a consensus on how to improve this behavior (given the need for backward compatibility). -Neil [1] http://mail-archive.com/pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org/msg41273.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
