Waiting for 9.1 – format()
On 21st of November Robert Haas committed new patch, which adds new function: Add new SQL function, format(text). Currently, three conversion format specifiers are supported: %s for a string, %L for an...
View ArticleHow to deal with timestamps?
Every now and then someone asks, on irc or mailing lists, some question which shows deep misunerstanding (or lack of understanding) of timestamps – especially the ones with time zones. Since I got...
View ArticleWaiting for 9.4 – Add support for wrapping to psql’s “extended” mode.
On 28th of April, Greg Stark committed patch: Add support for wrapping to psql's "extended" mode. This makes it very feasible to display tables that have both many columns and some large data in some...
View ArticleWaiting for PostgreSQL 12 – Add CSV table output mode in psql.
On 26th of November 2018, Tom Lane committed patch: Add CSV table output mode in psql. "\pset format csv", or --csv, selects comma-separated values table format. This is compliant with RFC 4180,...
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