Re: \set \e and newline

2022-02-28 Thread Laurenz Albe
On Mon, 2022-02-28 at 12:34 +0100, Wim Bertels wrote: > I guess the main remark is, it not so intuitive that \e behaves > differently then \i Ok, but if the differences are well documented, it should be ok. You could submit a patch that changes the behavior, but people might be unhappy if establi

Re: \set \e and newline

2022-02-28 Thread Wim Bertels
Laurenz Albe schreef op vr 25-02-2022 om 10:33 [+0100]: > On Thu, 2022-02-24 at 18:16 +0100, Wim Bertels wrote: > This was interpreted as if you had entered it in a single line: > > \set x 1 select :x > > So "x" is now "1select1;". yes > > I don't quite understand what you mean, but the behavi

Re: \set \e and newline

2022-02-25 Thread Laurenz Albe
On Thu, 2022-02-24 at 18:16 +0100, Wim Bertels wrote: > it seems that \set does not interpret an 'enter' interactively the same > as an 'enter' in a short script made with \e > > * case 1: > postgres=# \set x 1 > postgres=# select :x; >  ?column? > -- >     1 Ok. > * case 2: > post

\set \e and newline

2022-02-24 Thread Wim Bertels
Hello, a quick question about https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html and the \set option it seems that \set does not interpret an 'enter' interactively the same as an 'enter' in a short script made with \e ### * case 1: postgres=# \set x 1 postgres=# select :x; ?column? ---