Re: [HACKERS] psql slash# command

2008-04-10 Thread Sibte Abbas
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:

Re: [HACKERS] psql slash# command

2008-04-04 Thread Tom Lane
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

[HACKERS] psql slash# command

2008-04-04 Thread Gregory Stark
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