Re: very long record lines in expanded psql output

From: Platon Pronko <platon7pronko(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: very long record lines in expanded psql output
Date: 2021-08-05 16:48:13
Message-ID: 4e8b9a10-95aa-aecf-01a1-cbc24d643465@gmail.com
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Hi!
>>> I also find this annoying and would be happy to be rid of it.
>>
>> Have you tried "\pset format wrapped"? Pavel suggested it, and it
>> solved most of the problem for me, for example.
>
> Yes, but it changes the data line output. Ideally, you should be able
> to  modify these independently.

I agree, and I think this can be implemented, but I'm a bit afraid of
introducing an additional psql option (there's already quite a lot of them).
I suspect primary PostgreSQL maintainers won't be happy with such an approach.

Best regards,
Platon Pronko

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