Re: [HACKERS] \x in psql

2005-03-23 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
When you turn on \x mode for query output in psql, it wrecks the output of \d , etc. Should we change it so that the \d is unaffected by \x? What about for other \d commands? Well, they asked for \x so why is it wrong for us to \x the \d output like we do now? Because I have the feeling (back m

Re: [HACKERS] \x in psql

2005-03-23 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Lane wrote: > "Wrecks" to you maybe ... but if someone likes \x display, why wouldn't > they like it for \d too? > > One could argue that the real bug is that the footers in \d don't change > to look like \x output. Indeed, it behaves exactly th

Re: [HACKERS] \x in psql

2005-03-23 Thread Tom Lane
Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When you turn on \x mode for query output in psql, it wrecks the output > of \d , etc. "Wrecks" to you maybe ... but if someone likes \x display, why wouldn't they like it for \d too? One could argue that the real bug is that the footers in \

Re: [HACKERS] \x in psql

2005-03-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > When you turn on \x mode for query output in psql, it wrecks the output > of \d , etc. > > Should we change it so that the \d is unaffected by \x? What about for > other \d commands? Well, they asked for \x so why is it wrong for us to \x the \d output like we

[HACKERS] \x in psql

2005-03-22 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
When you turn on \x mode for query output in psql, it wrecks the output of \d , etc. Should we change it so that the \d is unaffected by \x? What about for other \d commands? Chris ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet