Re: Format in psql

On Monday 03 February 2003 11:54, Bhuvan A wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using pgsql-7.2.3. Can i able to format the output of a SELECT sql in
> psql as perl format?
>
> Something like,
> +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
> | work_desc_id | short_desc |
> +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------+
> | 1 | Short description line 1 |
> |
> | | Short description line 2 |
> | | Short description line 3 |
> | | Short description line n |
> +--------------+--------------------------------------------------------+

'fraid I don't understand what you mean by "perl" format.

You can get format in the style above by executing
\pset border 2
in psql.

(SQL*Plus fans should issue
\pset border 0
and recompile psql without readline support to simulate
an Oracle environment ;-)

Place this setting in your .psqlrc file to make it permanent.

Ian Barwick
barwick(at)gmx(dot)net