Re: Change Request: \pset pager off in pg_dumpall

From: Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Change Request: \pset pager off in pg_dumpall
Date: 2003-08-11 23:46:29
Message-ID: Pine.UW2.4.56.0308111846040.15438@lerami.lerctr.org
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Larry Rosenman wrote:
> > Can we modify pg_dumpall (or pg_dump?) to include a \pset pager off
> > to prevent the setval() calls from halting an interactive \i of the dump
> > file?
>
> Your pg_dump's actually invoke the pager? Are you manually starting
> psql, then doing \i dumpfile? Why would you do that rather than psql
> template1 <dumpfile?
Because I'm a dork :-).

Seriously, sometimes it's useful.

LER

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