lindner(at)visionet(dot)de writes:
> I expected that the command line --set overrides the global setting in
> psqlrc file.
> Am I wrong?
Yes. The command line switches are processed first, then the rc file.
Since the rc file might contain arbitrary commands, it really can't
be processed until psql is fully "open for business", that is has
completed all setup tasks.
> And how can I set AUTOCOMMIT to ON per command line if I was wrong?
A brute-force way is --no-psqlrc.
regards, tom lane