On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 11:43 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote: > Mario Splivalo wrote: > > pulitzer2=# \t > > Showing only tuples. > > pulitzer2=# \f# > > Field separator is "#". > > pulitzer2=# select * from pg_user; > > mario | 1 | t | t | t | ******** | > > > psql does tell me that I changed the field separator to "#", but it > > still uses "|" as separator. I'm parsing the script from bash, using > > psql, and setting the field separator options on the command line, but I > > get similair results, the field separator is always "|", so I need to > > awk-it with -F, but sometimes I have problems because data in my tables > > often contain "|" charachter. > > You'll want this too: > \pset format unaligned > > man psql or see the manual for full details
Hopla. It works perfetcly, thnx. Sometimes we're lazy to trough-read the manuals :) Mario -- Mario Splivalo Mob-Art [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I can do it quick, I can do it cheap, I can do it well. Pick any two." ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org