Fujii Masao <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi,
>> /*
>> * Set up rendering options, in particular, disable the pager, because
>> * nobody wants to be prompted while watching the output of 'watch'.
>> */
>> myopt.nullPrint = NULL;
>> myopt.topt.pager = 0;
> I found psql's \watch command always ignores \pset null setting.
> The above source code comment explains why it does,
> but I'd like to see the specified string for null value even in \watch's
> output, in order to distinguish null and an empty value. Thought?
> Is there any reason why \watch must ignore \pset null setting?
Hmmm ... the comment offers a reasonable argument for forcing pager = 0,
but I agree the nullPrint change is not adequately explained.
Will, do you remember why you did that?
regards, tom lane
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