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Prevent "\g filename" from affecting subsequent commands after an error.

In the previous coding, psql's state variable saying that output should
go to a file was only reset after successful completion of a query
returning tuples.  Thus for example,

regression=# select 1/0
regression-# \g somefile
ERROR:  division by zero
regression=# select 1/2;
regression=#

... huh, I wonder where that output went.  Even more oddly, the state
was not reset even if it's the file that's causing the failure:

regression=# select 1/2 \g /foo
/foo: Permission denied
regression=# select 1/2;
/foo: Permission denied
regression=# select 1/2;
/foo: Permission denied

This seems to me not to satisfy the principle of least surprise.
\g is certainly not documented in a way that suggests its effects are
at all persistent.

To fix, adjust the code so that the flag is reset at exit from SendQuery
no matter what happened.

Noted while reviewing the \gset patch, which had comparable issues.
Arguably this is a bug fix, but I'll refrain from back-patching for now.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Lane
2013-02-02 14:21:24 -05:00
parent 84725aa5ef
commit 101d6ae755
3 changed files with 27 additions and 17 deletions

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@ -1608,9 +1608,13 @@ Tue Oct 26 21:40:57 CEST 1999
optionally stores the query's output in <replaceable
class="parameter">filename</replaceable> or pipes the output
into a separate Unix shell executing <replaceable
class="parameter">command</replaceable>. A bare
<literal>\g</literal> is virtually equivalent to a semicolon. A
<literal>\g</literal> with argument is a <quote>one-shot</quote>
class="parameter">command</replaceable>. The file or command is
written to only if the query successfully returns zero or more tuples,
not if the query fails or is a non-data-returning SQL command.
</para>
<para>
A bare <literal>\g</literal> is essentially equivalent to a semicolon.
A <literal>\g</literal> with argument is a <quote>one-shot</quote>
alternative to the <command>\o</command> command.
</para>
</listitem>