Re: proposal: new long psql parameter --on-error-stop

2014-02-28 19:13 GMT+01:00 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:

> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > for beginners is relative difficult to set psql variable from command
> line
> > and option
> > -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 is little bit unclean.
> > and for any user it is not comfortable. So I propose a new psql option
> > --on-error-stop
>
> That saves a whole three characters ... not sure it's really worth it,
> especially since it will not work on older versions.
>
> Also, it's not like this will save people from having to know about the
> ON_ERROR_STOP variable, because there will still be plenty of contexts
> where they need to know that (eg, inspecting the setting or changing it
> mid-session). So I don't buy the argument that this simplifies what
> beginners need to learn.
>

three chars is not important

important is a placing in --help output

Regards

Pavel

>
> regards, tom lane
>