Re: psql and \p\g

> On 1999-11-11, Bruce Momjian mentioned:
>
> > I have found that typing:
> >
> > test=> select * from pg_class\p\g
> >
> > no longer works. I honors the \p, but ignores the \g.
> >
> > Any ideas Peter?
>
> select * from foo \p \g
>
> This was done to normalize the grammar a little bit (haha, very
> funny). In particular it allows this sort of stuff:
> => select * from foo \p \o out.txt \g \\ select * from foo 2 \x \g
> etc.
>
> Is it *really* necessary to be able to omit the space?
>

Yes, I believe it is, in the sense that many people are used to doing
them together. Can a backslash trigger some separation of commands, or
at least \p\g be recognized correctly. I don't think there are other
meaningful combinations.

Can you add a unix-style timestamp for \T?

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