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psql: Show all query results by default

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Previously, psql printed only the last result if a command string
returned multiple result sets.  Now it prints all of them.  The
previous behavior can be obtained by setting the psql variable
SHOW_ALL_RESULTS to off.

Author: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
Reviewed-by: "Iwata, Aya" <iwata.aya@jp.fujitsu.com>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>
Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Reviewed-by: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: vignesh C <vignesh21@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/alpine.DEB.2.21.1904132231510.8961@lancre
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Peter Eisentraut
2021-04-06 16:58:10 +02:00
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@ -127,18 +127,11 @@ echo '\x \\ SELECT * FROM foo;' | psql
commands included in the string to divide it into multiple
transactions. (See <xref linkend="protocol-flow-multi-statement"/>
for more details about how the server handles multi-query strings.)
Also, <application>psql</application> only prints the
result of the last <acronym>SQL</acronym> command in the string.
This is different from the behavior when the same string is read from
a file or fed to <application>psql</application>'s standard input,
because then <application>psql</application> sends
each <acronym>SQL</acronym> command separately.
</para>
<para>
Because of this behavior, putting more than one SQL command in a
single <option>-c</option> string often has unexpected results.
It's better to use repeated <option>-c</option> commands or feed
multiple commands to <application>psql</application>'s standard input,
If having several commands executed in one transaction is not desired,
use repeated <option>-c</option> commands or feed multiple commands to
<application>psql</application>'s standard input,
either using <application>echo</application> as illustrated above, or
via a shell here-document, for example:
<programlisting>
@ -3527,10 +3520,6 @@ select 1\; select 2\; select 3;
commands included in the string to divide it into multiple
transactions. (See <xref linkend="protocol-flow-multi-statement"/>
for more details about how the server handles multi-query strings.)
<application>psql</application> prints only the last query result
it receives for each request; in this example, although all
three <command>SELECT</command>s are indeed executed, <application>psql</application>
only prints the <literal>3</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -4117,6 +4106,18 @@ bar
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SHOW_ALL_RESULTS</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
When this variable is set to <literal>off</literal>, only the last
result of a combined query (<literal>\;</literal>) is shown instead of
all of them. The default is <literal>on</literal>. The off behavior
is for compatibility with older versions of psql.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><varname>SHOW_CONTEXT</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>