Re: psql and INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE RETURNING

On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 10:58:12PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Currently, psql does not show the command completion tag if it gets a
> PGRES_TUPLES_OK result. This means you won't see the tag for a command
> with RETURNING, eg
>
> regression=# insert into int8_tbl values(1,2),(3,4);
> INSERT 0 2
> regression=# insert into int8_tbl values(1,2),(3,4) returning *;
> q1 | q2
> ----+----
> 1 | 2
> 3 | 4
> (2 rows)
>
> regression=#
>
> The tag is actually being sent by the backend, it's just not displayed.
>
> Do we like this behavior? The number-of-tuples part of the tag is
> certainly redundant with the table display, but perhaps it's good to
> have a reminder that the rows you are looking at were just INSERTed,
> UPDATEd, or DELETEd. I haven't checked the code but I imagine it'd
> not be very difficult to change the behavior if we wish.
>
> Comments?

Having both would be good :)

Cheers,
D
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