Re: ";" no longer allowed to terminate a command beginning with "\"

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Sean Kelly <S(dot)Kelly(at)newcastle(dot)ac(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ";" no longer allowed to terminate a command beginning with "\"
Date: 2000-06-25 01:08:58
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.21.0006250307240.348-100000@localhost.localdomain
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Sean Kelly writes:

> Just would like some "is this a bug or a feature"-style
> clarification on this please.

It was an undocumented "fact" that didn't work very well or consistently,
but it will be back.

> In PostgreSQL v6.5 you used to be able to end a command issued to
> "psql" starting with a backslash "\" with a semicolon ";", eg.

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