"Bruce Momjian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My point is that we should do what most people _expect_, and the > majority of people here have stated they don't think wrap should modify > the file output _by_ _default_. > > People who want a specific width for files should be setting their > desired width themselves, hence no need for the '79' default.
Consider that this means that psql -Pformat=wrapped -e 'select * from tab' and psql -Pformat=wrapped -e 'select * from tab' | more will generate different output. That's bunk. This is what I mean about trying to guess about what users expect. If you come up with complicated logic trying to anticipate every case and get it wrong users get angry. If you just have simple rules which always apply then users understand they they need to override them for their corner cases. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Get trained by Bruce Momjian - ask me about EnterpriseDB's PostgreSQL training! -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
