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authorAndres Freund2014-09-02 11:05:48 +0000
committerAndres Freund2014-09-02 11:06:11 +0000
commit51bb79569f934ad2135c2ff859c61b9ab8d51750 (patch)
tree3dc8d93438ee68238f1229ed16e37f4f5198ba3a /doc/src
parentbd3b7a9eef6fd8d71ad9aa5eaf1f90e904e96f0b (diff)
Add psql PROMPT variable showing which line of a statement is being edited.
The new %l substitution shows the line number inside a (potentially multi-line) statement starting from one. Author: Sawada Masahiko, heavily editorialized by me. Reviewed-By: Jeevan Chalke, Alvaro Herrera
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 74d46183e51..db314c326fd 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -3316,6 +3316,15 @@ testdb=&gt; <userinput>INSERT INTO my_table VALUES (:'content');</userinput>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>%l</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The line number inside the current statement, starting from <literal>1</>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><literal>%</literal><replaceable class="parameter">digits</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>