Re: Possible to stop pgAdmin4 from re-formatting my SQL statements in Views and such?

Hi Ni Ne,

pgAdmin reverse engineers the SQL based on the available catalog and schema
information. I don't think PostgreSQL saves the exact formatting when
creating objects (except function/procedure body).

On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 11:41 PM Ni Ne <nineoften(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I have a syntax format for SQL that I prefer, so when I craft new Views or
> what-not I write them out a certain way.
>
> When I save that SQL into a View, pgAdmin4 will re-format it. If I later
> need to debug that View, it adds some complexity for me because first I
> have to re-format the layout in a text file in the format I understand best.
>
> Is it possible to turn this off, so that pgAdmin4 saves exactly what I
> enter?
>
> I guess there are two parts to what pgAdmin is doing.
>
> 1. It will change spacing/indentation, and line-breaks. This is what I
> am hoping to stop.
> 2. It does some optimization apparently. It will adjust statements to
> be more efficient I guess, as well as do things like change "SELECT *" into
> "SELECT c1,c2,c3" or add explicit type-casting. This stuff is fine for me.
>
> Thanks!
>

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