čt 26. 3. 2020 v 19:41 odesílatel Erik Rijkers <e...@xs4all.nl> napsal:
> On 2020-03-26 18:49, Pavel Stehule wrote: > > Hi > > > > [psql-gfmt.patch] > > This seems useful and works well; I haven't found any errors. Well done. > > However, I have a suggestion that is perhaps slightly outside of this > patch but functionally so close that maybe we can discuss it here. > > When you try to get a tab-separated output via this new \gfmt in a > one-liner > you're still forced to use > \pset csv_fieldsep '\t' > > Would it be possible to do one of the following to enable a more compact > one-liner syntax: > > 1. add an option: > \gfmt tsv --> use a TAB instead of a comma in the csv > > or > > 2. let the psql command-line option '--csv' honour the value given by > psql -F/--field-separator (it does not do so now) > > or > > 3. add an psql -commandline option: > --csv-field-separator > > Any of these three (I'd prefer the first) would make producing a tsv in > shell one-liners with psql easier/more compact. > I understand to your proposal, but it's hard to do inside \gfmt command 1. a syntax of psql backslash commands doesn't support named parameters, and \gfmt (like some others \gx) statements has optional parameter already. There was a long discussion (without success) about possible parametrizations of psql commands. 2. if I understand to tsv format, then it is not CSV format with different separator. the most correct design is introduction new output format "tsv".This format can produce 100% valid tsv. Regards Pavel > > Thanks, > > > Erik Rijkers > > > > > > > > > > > >
