From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Greg Stark <stark@mit.edu>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Marko Tiikkaja <marko@joh.to>
Cc: PostgreSQL hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: psql: add \pset true/false
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:42:56 +0100
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On 2015-10-28 23:38:45 +0000, Greg Stark wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 3. I really don't want to end up with a bunch of features of this type
> > for a variety of different data types.
>
> We already have \pset null which feels very similar.
It's data type neutral, and there's no representation of NULL that's
definitely discernible from the corresponding string. So I don't see
those being the same.
This seems like opening a can of worms to me. Why not add formatting
options in psql for other data types?
- Andres
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