didier <did447(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Yep, name is bad, but I'm not sure about VERBOSITY, isn't it
> controlling output from the server not the client?
No, it's in libpq, so you'd have to touch that not the server.
I agree with Andrew's thought, and would further say that just
"\set VERBOSITY sqlstate" would be a reasonable API. Making this
separate from VERBOSITY is weird.
regards, tom lane