Re: Adding the host name to the PgSQL shell

Scott Mead wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Madison Kelly <linux(at)alteeve(dot)com
> <mailto:linux(at)alteeve(dot)com>> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I work on a development and production server, and I am always
> double-checking myself to make sure I am doing something on the
> right server.
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> Is there a way, like in terminal shells, to change the PgSQL
> shell's prompt from 'db=>' to something like 'host(at)db=>'? I'm on
> PgSQL 8.1 (server on Debian) and 8.3 (devel on Ubuntu), in case it
> matters.
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> You certainly can do this, very similar to PS1 on linux with bash:
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> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PROMPTING

Thanks Scott.

I'll add that the "other" escape codes, well at least newline (\n) work.

So I have in my .psqlrc

\set PROMPT1 '%/@%M\n%# '

And an expansion on the question. I didn't see or find in the
documentation is if there is a substitution code to get the first schema
in search_path?

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Rod
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