Commit c08cfab4 authored by Bruce Momjian's avatar Bruce Momjian

Fix documentation example of using psql \x with a SELECT command, per

Simon Riggs.  Backpatch to 8.2.X.
parent d49fa4c8
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PostgreSQL documentation PostgreSQL documentation
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...@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation ...@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
or a single backslash command. Thus you cannot mix or a single backslash command. Thus you cannot mix
<acronym>SQL</acronym> and <application>psql</application> <acronym>SQL</acronym> and <application>psql</application>
meta-commands. To achieve that, you could pipe the string into meta-commands. To achieve that, you could pipe the string into
<application>psql</application>, like this: <literal>echo "\x \\ <application>psql</application>, like this: <literal>echo -e
select * from foo;" | psql</literal>. "\\x\nSELECT * FROM foo;" | psql</literal>.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
If the command string contains multiple SQL commands, they are If the command string contains multiple SQL commands, they are
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