On 10 July 2012 18:24, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:00:06PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > Josh Kupershmidt <schmi...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Colin 't Hart <co...@sharpheart.org> > wrote: > > >> Attached please find a trivial patch for psql which adds a \n > > >> meta command as a shortcut for typing set search_path =. > > > > > I think the use-case is a bit narrow: saving a few characters > > > typing on a command not everyone uses very often (I don't), at the > > > expense of adding yet another command to remember. > > > > Another point here is that we are running low on single-letter > > backslash command names in psql. I'm not sure that "SET > > SEARCH_PATH" is so useful as to justify using up one of the ones > > that are left. > > > > ISTM there was some discussion awhile back about user-definable > > typing shortcuts in psql. > > In some sense, we already have them: > > \set FOO 'SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity;' > ... > :FOO > > Was there more to it? >
Can I pass a parameter to ":FOO" ? Cheers, Colin
