Peter Devoy wrote:
> To make inspecting PostGIS tables in psql easier I have written a
> function which outputs PostGIS Geometry objects as a string of ASCII
> art.
>
> Please does anyone know if there is there some way I can have my
> function called automatically by psql instead of me writing it into
> the query each time? E.g. a user defined \pset option or some sort of
> extension API which gives me access to the print logic or
> 'presentation layer' of psql.
>
> By 'automatically' I mean through association with the PostGIS geometry types.
All I can think of is changing the output function of the PostGIS data types,
but that would require a C function.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe