Re: pgsql: psql: Improve expanded print output in tuples-only mode

On Sat, February 9, 2013 06:24, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> psql: Improve expanded print output in tuples-only mode
>
> When there are zero result rows, in expanded mode, "(No rows)" is
> printed. So far, there was no way to turn this off. Now, when
> tuples-only mode is turned on, nothing is printed in this case.
>

Good, that's definitely an improvement.

But can we not remove that empty line alltogether in tuples-only mode?

At the moment:

$ echo '\dt+ diffs*' | psql --tuples-only
public | diffs_2013_01 | table | aardvark | 8456 kB |
public | diffs_2013_02 | table | aardvark | 7832 kB |

$

The trailing empty line here makes almost as little sense as in the now amended case where there
are zero rows ...

(Of course, I realise that it's much more likely to break existing scripts, but should we then
keep such illogical things forever at all cost?)

Thanks,

Erik Rijkers

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> src/bin/psql/print.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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