Re: unexpected psql "feature"

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:47 PM, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> wrote:

>
> I would suggest that:
> - the \; psql feature should be documented somewhere
>

​agreed
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> - all results should be shown, not just the last one
>

disagree

# select 1 ; select 2 ;
?column?
--------------
1
(1 row)

?column?
-------------
2
(1 row)

​Having

# select 1 \; select 2 ;

Result in identical behavior seems undesirable. At least now if you want
to discard all intermediate work and just show the last statement you can
do so without going to any great lengths. If you really want both results
don't use "\;". This makes even more sense when the earlier statements are
DML instead of SELECT.

David J.

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