Re: How to *really* quit psql?

On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 12:10 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> writes:
> > - when the current script is included from something,
> > you quit the current script and proceed after the \i of next -f, BAD
>
> > Question: is there any way to really abort a psql script from an
> included
> > file?
>
> Under what circumstances would it be appropriate for a script to take
> it on itself to decide that? It has no way of knowing what the next -f
> option is or what the user intended.
>
>
Can we add an exit code argument to the \quit meta-command that could be
set to non-zero and, combined with ON_ERROR_STOP, produces the desired
effect of aborting everything just like an error under ON_ERROR_STOP does
(which is the workaround here I suppose, but an ugly one that involves the
server).

David J.