Re: proposal: new long psql parameter --on-error-stop

2014-02-28 19:25 GMT+01:00 Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>
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> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
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> > 2014-02-28 19:13 GMT+01:00 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> >
> >> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >> > for beginners is relative difficult to set psql variable from command
> line
> >> > and option
> >> > -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 is little bit unclean.
> >> > and for any user it is not comfortable. So I propose a new psql option
> >> > --on-error-stop
> >>
> >> That saves a whole three characters ... not sure it's really worth it,
> >> especially since it will not work on older versions.
> >>
> >> Also, it's not like this will save people from having to know about the
> >> ON_ERROR_STOP variable, because there will still be plenty of contexts
> >> where they need to know that (eg, inspecting the setting or changing it
> >> mid-session). So I don't buy the argument that this simplifies what
> >> beginners need to learn.
> >
> >
> > three chars is not important
> >
> > important is a placing in --help output
> >
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> Well, then we just have to add more info to --help
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it can be solution

Pavel

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