Re: [PATCH] psql \n shortcut for set search_path =

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 06:26:22PM +0200, Colin 't Hart wrote:
> On 10 July 2012 18:24, David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:00:06PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> writes:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Colin 't Hart <colin@sharpheart.org>
> > wrote:
> > > >> Attached please find a trivial patch for psql which adds a \n
> > > >> meta command as a shortcut for typing set search_path =.
> > >
> > > > I think the use-case is a bit narrow: saving a few characters
> > > > typing on a command not everyone uses very often (I don't), at the
> > > > expense of adding yet another command to remember.
> > >
> > > Another point here is that we are running low on single-letter
> > > backslash command names in psql.  I'm not sure that "SET
> > > SEARCH_PATH" is so useful as to justify using up one of the ones
> > > that are left.
> > >
> > > ISTM there was some discussion awhile back about user-definable
> > > typing shortcuts in psql.
> >
> > In some sense, we already have them:
> >
> > \set FOO 'SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity;'
> > ...
> > :FOO
> >
> > Was there more to it?
> 
> Can I pass a parameter to ":FOO" ?

That'd be the "more," I suppose.

Cheers,
David.
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