Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql

On Aug 24, 2008, at 6:16 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:00 AM, D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net>  
> wrote:
>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:57:50 -0400
>> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>> Also, having now looked at the proposed patch, it seems clear that  
>>> it
>>> isn't addressing the issue of quoting/escaping at all; so I wonder  
>>> how
>>> this can be considered to be a safely machine-readable format.
>>
>> It's not a machine readable format.  It is a simple display with more
>> border lines.  Just like "border 2" is like "border 1" with more  
>> border
>> lines.  I'm just following the progression.
>
>
> Personally I think it's rather nice to be able to have some extra
> flexibility in how psql prints out data.  Maybe, instead of the dry
> and uninformative 'border 2', there could be a set of ouput control
> options.  Maybe I want the text aligned but with no border for
> example.

Or maybe you want an external filter that eats csv or xml and excretes
what you want to see on the screen.

Cheers,  Steve