Re: BUG #14772: psql autocommit does not work

also, the semicolumn, needed for some statementds (sql) but not all.

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From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: alain bourgeois <a(dot)bourgeois(at)zetescards(dot)be>
Cc: abo(at)zetescards(dot)be, PostgreSQL Bugs List
<pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Date: 08-08-17 15:02
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #14772: psql autocommit does not work

Hello Alain,

> testdb=# \set autocommit off;

Hmmm.

The special variable name is "AUTOCOMMIT", and you are creating an
unrelated "autocommit" lower case variable instead. Client-side variable
names are case sensitive. Maybe that was not a good idea, especially given

than SQL is case insensitive, but it is probably too late to change
that...

With the right name you would get a clear error message.

psql> \set AUTOCOMMIT off;
unrecognized value "off;" for "AUTOCOMMIT": boolean expected

I'm not sure what to do. Maybe generate a warning if a special variable
name is used uncapitalized...

> OK I found : \set AUTOCOMMIT false
> (without any semicolumn)

Yep.

--
Fabien.