Re: [HACKERS] One-shot expanded output in psql using \G

    Christoph Berg wrote:

> A workaround is to submit queries using "\x\g\x", but that's ugly,
> clutters the output with toggle messages, and will forget that "\x
> auto" was set.
>
> Mysql's CLI client is using \G for this purpose, and adding the very
> same functionality to psql fits nicely into the set of existing
> backslash commands: \g sends the query buffer, \G will do exactly the
> same as \g (including parameters), but forces expanded output just for
> this query.

+1 for the functionality but should we choose to ignore the comparison
to mysql, I'd suggest \gx for the name.


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