On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Actually, I suggested that to the patch author and he accepted it as a
> good idea:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-04/msg00245.php
>
> so let's see what he comes up with...
>
>
New patch submitted:
http:
Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The patch is simple enough and if it was all it would take I would say let's
> go ahead even if it's something only Josh would use. But it isn't anywhere
> near everything you would expect to have this work cleanly. Really you would
> want to be able to t
There's a patch on the patch list to implement \# in psql.
Coincidentally this seems to be of a piece with the recent "alias"
discussions. People seem to be intent on turning psql into a full blown unix
shell including all the weird quirky rough edges of the csh family tree.
I'm big on the retro