Re: [HACKERS] psql problem

> Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au> writes:
> > I was noticing that psql now exits on ctrl-C.
> 
> Ugh.  So now, if you type control-C while a query is in progress,
> you get a cancel request sent, as you intended.  Type it a tenth of
> a second too late, however, and you get booted out of psql instead.
> 
> I think this is lousy human engineering, even though I'm sure Peter
> thought it was a good idea at the time.  If we trap control-C we
> should trap it all the time, not create a delay-dependent behavior.

Yes, I figured that would be an issue.  Not sure if I like it or not. 
Of course, ^D exits you if you are not in a query.

> 
> > This is much better than the previous behaviour where it kinda got
> > muddled up and you could destroy your database if a half-completed
> > command was in its buffer.
> 
> What?  Are you saying that control-C doesn't do a \r (reset the
> query buffer)?  That's probably true, and I agree that it should...


Looks like it works fine:
test=> select * from pg_class, pg_proc;^CCancel request sentERROR:  Query was cancelled.test=> 


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