Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 11:05:44 -0500
From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: D'Arcy Cain <darcy@druid.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: One-shot expanded output in psql using \G
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* Alvaro Herrera (alvherre@2ndquadrant.com) wrote:
> Stephen Frost wrote:
> > * Alvaro Herrera (alvherre@2ndquadrant.com) wrote:
>=20
> > > I think the suggestion is that \G replaces \g (which is the same thing
> > > as the semicolon).  So you would do this:
> > >=20
> > > SELECT * FROM table WHERE table_status =3D 1; % get a short list; nor=
mal output
> > > SELECT * FROM table WHERE table_id =3D 123 \G % drill down to one ID
> >=20
> > Uh, I figured it was more like \g, which just re-runs the last query..
> > As in, you'd do:
> >=20
> > table pg_proc; % blargh, I can't read it like this
> > \G % ahh, much nicer
>=20
> Sure, that's exactly the same thing.  (You can omit the query in either
> case which causes the previous query to be re-ran.  \crosstabview,
> \gexec etc also work like that).

Right, I agree it's the same thing, but (clearly), not everyone
discussing this realized that and, well, the \G-by-itself is a lot
easier for me, at least.  I have a really hard time not ending things
with a semi-colon. ;)

Thanks!;

Stephen;

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