Tom Lane wrote:
>Or perhaps use a different separator:
>
>junk=# select * from xyz;
> id | name | address | del_addr
>----+------------+-----------------------------------+----------------------------------
> 1 | Joe Bloggs | 1 Hindhead Villas, | 2 The Laurels,
> + + Newport, + Swinkley,
> + + Gwent + XX3 5CX
>(1 row)
>
>
That's a terrific idea, and, incidentally, just the sort of project that
might well suit a beginning hacker, since the code is pretty isolated.
>Not sure how hard this would be to program, or what sort of overhead it
>might impose to check for the case. My recollection is that psql's
>table-layout code is pretty slow and ugly already ...
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If people want speed they shouldn't use psql as a client anyway. I don't
see this as much of an obstacle.
cheers
andrew