Good question, I hadn't thought of that either, and thinking about it a bit I think we'd want to keep the current behaviour of \i and provide new behaviour using a new command.
Say when we are processing a pretty nested file after multiple \ir commands, a \i <relative path file> in any of those files should look for that file in psql's CWD/PWD. That is what the user expects from \i command currently and I don't think it'd be desirable to break that assumption. Regards, On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 4:41 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote: > Being able to include relative paths is a really great feature, but > should it have a UI (well, API) distinct from fixed-path includes? My > first instinct is that it shouldn't, but I haven't really thought it > through thoroughly. > > Cheers, > David (the tough coughs as he ploughs the dough) > On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 03:19:40PM -0500, Gurjeet Singh wrote: > > Attached patch implements tab completion. It also introduces the > long-form > > alternative \include_relative for \ir > > > > Regards, > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar.ah...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > Gurjeet! > > > > > > What about tab completion, like in \i command? > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Gurjeet Singh < > singh.gurj...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > >> psql has the ability to execute commands from a file, but if one > > > wishes > > > >> to develop and provide a modularized set of sql files, then psql is > not > > > very > > > >> helpful because the \i command can open file paths either if they > are > > > >> absolute paths or if they are palced correctly relative to psql's > > > current > > > >> working directory. > > > >> > > > >> Attached patch adds a new meta-command to psql, '\ir' that allows > the > > > user > > > >> to process files relative to currently processing file. > > > > > > > > Please add this patch to the currently open CommitFest at: > > > > > > > > https://commitfest.postgresql.org/action/commitfest_view/open > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Robert Haas > > > > EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com > > > > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > > > > To make changes to your subscription: > > > > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ibrar Ahmed > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Gurjeet Singh > > EnterpriseDB <http://www.enterprisedb.com/> Corporation > > The Enterprise PostgreSQL <http://www.postgresql.org/> Company > > > > > > -- > > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > > To make changes to your subscription: > > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers > > > -- > David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ > Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter > Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fet...@gmail.com > iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics > > Remember to vote! > Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > -- Gurjeet Singh EnterpriseDB <http://www.enterprisedb.com/> Corporation The Enterprise PostgreSQL <http://www.postgresql.org/> Company
