Re: Annoying messages when copy sql code to psql terminal

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: A B <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Annoying messages when copy sql code to psql terminal
Date: 2008-06-05 21:50:57
Message-ID: 20080605215057.GS16502@alvh.no-ip.org
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Tom Lane escribió:
> "A B" <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Whenever I use copy-paste to run code in a terminal window that is
> > running psql, and the code contains a row like
> > [...]

> Either avoid copying/pasting tabs, or turn off readline
> (-n option to psql, I think, but check the manual).
>
> There's probably a way to turn off tab-completion without
> disabling readline altogether, but I don't know how offhand.

This can be done by adding

$if psql
set disable-completion on
$endif

to .inputrc.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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