Re: [HACKERS] Request for a 'force interactive mode' flag (-I) for

2005-10-14 Thread Andrew Dunstan
What I couldn't work out was why the original requester didn't use the Cygwin psql client, which should work just fine, instead of trying to use the native client which we know has serious limitations. cheers andrew Joshua D. Drake said: > >>>http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-04

Re: [HACKERS] Request for a "force interactive mode" flag (-I) for

2005-10-14 Thread Joshua D. Drake
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2005-04/threads.php It seems pretty simple and non-invasive. I don't recall seeing the reasons against doing it. We need a large number of users who need something before we add it. If we didn't we would have a mess of options. The need

Re: [HACKERS] Request for a "force interactive mode" flag (-I) for psql

2005-10-14 Thread Bruce Momjian
John DeSoi wrote: > > On Oct 13, 2005, at 4:42 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > I haven't seen any replies to this, so I guess you are left with > > either > > hacking psql yourself or getting Cygwin folks to fix it. Sorry. > > I have asked for this also. It would make it much easier to control

Re: [HACKERS] Request for a "force interactive mode" flag (-I) for psql

2005-10-14 Thread John DeSoi
On Oct 13, 2005, at 4:42 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote: I haven't seen any replies to this, so I guess you are left with either hacking psql yourself or getting Cygwin folks to fix it. Sorry. I have asked for this also. It would make it much easier to control psql from other applications. ht

Re: [HACKERS] Request for a "force interactive mode" flag (-I) for psql

2005-10-13 Thread Bruce Momjian
I haven't seen any replies to this, so I guess you are left with either hacking psql yourself or getting Cygwin folks to fix it. Sorry. --- Bill Bartlett wrote: > Back in 2003 Bruce Momjian proposed adding a flag (-I) to ps

[HACKERS] Request for a "force interactive mode" flag (-I) for psql

2005-09-30 Thread Bill Bartlett
Back in 2003 Bruce Momjian proposed adding a flag (-I) to psql to force it into "interactive" mode. (See http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-11/msg00013.php for the thread.) The proposal was rejected because there was no proven need for it at that time. I'd like to raise this propos