Are you doing this in PostgreSQL 7.3 and Windows XP? Can you provide us with a little more useful information like current PostgreSQL version and O/S? Otherwise we have absolutely no idea what the problem might be.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Lmhelp1 <lmhe...@orange.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using "psql" in "cmd.exe" in Windows (8.1). > > Below is the command I use to connect to a database with "psql": > cmd.exe> psql -p <tcp_port> -U <username> <database_name> > > My problem is the following. > Suppose I enter one command: > <database_name># SELECT * FROM <a_table_1>; > and then another one: > <database_name># SELECT * FROM <a_table_2>; > The commands history "is not working": meaning I cannot retrieve these > last two commands I entered by hitting the top arrow key. > Instead, I have to type them again. > > To try to solve the problem, I entered the command: > <database_name># \set HISTSIZE 100 > but it didn't change anything. > > Yesterday, I don't remember what I did, but I could access the commands > history using Powershell, maybe the command "\set HISTSIZE 100" and maybe a > "psqlrc" file. > But whatever I've been trying to do since, I can't make it work again. > > Can you please advise me what to do to make this work? > > Best regards. > -- > Léa Massiot > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- *Melvin Davidson* I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
