psql bug: copy paste statements looses tab character

this happens in 7.1.3 (included in red hat 7.2).

e.g.
CREATE TABLE items (
item_id SERIAL,
name VARCHAR(32)
);

copy pasted in psql gives this

marius=> CREATE TABLE items (
marius(> item_id

marius(> item_idSERIAL,
marius(> name

marius(> nameVARCHAR(32)
marius(> );
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "("

this will work:
CREATE TABLE items (
item_id SERIAL,
name VARCHAR(32)
);

I've seen this behavior on sybase's sqsh once, perhaps it's something
system wide, and not psql's fault?

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Marius Andreiana
Web Development Group, Inc.