| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SHOW ALL output too wide |
| Date: | 2005-11-26 00:13:28 |
| Message-ID: | 200511260013.jAQ0DST05693@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
>
> > My main problem with SHOW as it is in 8.1 is that the output is so wide
> > that it's very hard to read the output.
> >
> > Is there any use for SHOW except in interactive psql sessions?
There certainly is. Imagine querying for timezone. Also remember that
pgadmin is a client application that is _not_ psql.
> Nothing that can't be done by querying pg_settings.
True, so we have pg_settings and SHOW. I see no reason for a third,
\show.
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