Re: Is tab whitespace?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ellen(at)wordbot(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, ellen(at)www(dot)wordbot(dot)com
Subject: Re: Is tab whitespace?
Date: 2000-08-19 21:24:52
Message-ID: 6954.966720292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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ellen(at)wordbot(dot)com writes:
> I was surprised to find that the tab character seems not to be treated
> as whitespace by psql (7.1).

The backend thinks a tab is whitespace, but psql doesn't necessarily.
Disable readline (psql -n) if you don't want tab to mean
command-completion.

regards, tom lane

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