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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Simon Riggs <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: psql man page error?
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:17:54 -0500
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Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Which is correct.  Removing the \\ alters the point of the example.

> Well, if it doesn't render \\ at the end of the line, the example isn't
> very clear unless you are looking at the SGML.

No, you've completely misunderstood the original example.  It's
intending to show a backslash-backslash terminator for the \x command,
not two lines of input, ie the equivalent of this:

regression=# \x \\ select 1,2;
Expanded display is on.
-[ RECORD 1 ]
?column? | 1
?column? | 2


			regards, tom lane

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