Re: Server name in psql prompt

From: Glyn Astill <glynastill(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org, Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl(dot)pgsql-general(at)telemetry(dot)co(dot)uk>
Subject: Re: Server name in psql prompt
Date: 2010-01-08 11:30:50
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--- On Fri, 8/1/10, Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl.pgsql-
> Is there any way of getting psql to
> display the name of the currently-connected server in its
> prompt, and perhaps a custom string identifying e.g. a disc
> set, without having to create a psqlrc file on every client
> system that's got a precompiled psql installed?

You could use the psql -v option to set the PROMPT variables (or set them as ENV)

see:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/app-psql.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-PROMPTING

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