Re: csv format for psql

2018-02-12 15:33 GMT+01:00 Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>:

> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> > some like "\pset format csv , header_off
>
> If we did that, we'd need to reconsider the interactions
> of this with \t on|off and \pset footer on|off
> and how to keep things consistent with the unaligned
> format.
>

ok

> I feel like it's not worth the trouble.
> We can still add this later if users are confused with
> the interface, but that interface is already well
> established with the unaligned format.
>
> > 2. if we support csv format, then we can introduce \gcsv xxx | gnuplot
> ....
>
> I thought committers rejected this because they didn't want a
> new variant of \g
> The csv format makes it possible to not add any new \g-style
> metacommand and inject csv into the existing ones.
>
>
ok

>
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