Re: SHOW ALL output too wide

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> 
> > My main problem with SHOW as it is in 8.1 is that the output is so wide 
> > that it's very hard to read the output.
> > 
> > Is there any use for SHOW except in interactive psql sessions?

There certainly is.  Imagine querying for timezone.  Also remember that
pgadmin is a client application that is _not_ psql.

> Nothing that can't be done by querying pg_settings.

True, so we have pg_settings and SHOW.  I see no reason for a third,
\show.

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