From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: francois.grandvarlet@wanadoo.fr
To: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #17020: meta command psql \reset does not clear the query buffer
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 10:39:32 -0400
Message-ID: <20210519143932.GA24077@momjian.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17020-f5e23166506e7932@postgresql.org>
References: <17020-f5e23166506e7932@postgresql.org>
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:16:16PM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 17020
> Logged by: François Grandvarlet
> Email address: francois.grandvarlet@wanadoo.fr
> PostgreSQL version: 13.3
> Operating system: Centos 7
> Description:
>
> Connected via psql
> issuing a command like : SELECT * FROM generate_series (1, 1000);
> meta command \p shows the query buffer
> meta command \reset tells "Query buffer reset (cleared)."
> but meta command \p still shows the query buffer and meta command \g execute
> the query
> Is this the normal behavior ?
> It seems to me that the query buffer should be empty after issuing \reset
I was recently confused by this too, but the psql \print documentation
clarified it for me:
\p or \print
Print the current query buffer to the standard output. If the
--> current query buffer is empty, the most recently executed query is
--> printed instead.
--
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> https://momjian.us
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Subject: Re: BUG #17020: meta command psql \reset does not clear the query buffer
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