From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Cc: Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
Subject: Re: psql --help=variables missing csv_fieldsep
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:03:51 -0500
Message-ID: <349600.1762193031@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <202511031738.eqaeaedpx5cr@alvherre.pgsql>
References: <202511031738.eqaeaedpx5cr@alvherre.pgsql>
=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> writes:
> While messing with the \pset boolean display patch, I noticed that psql
> --help=variables is missing csv_fieldsep. Is there a reason for this?
But wait ... is it actually a variable? help.c does list it, but
as a \pset option:
HELP0(" \\pset [NAME [VALUE]] set table output option\n"
" (border|columns|csv_fieldsep|display_false|display_true|\n"
...
Some kind of mechanical cross-check does seem like a good idea,
even if it's just a rough one-time effort.
regards, tom lane
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