Re: psql on Mac

Ozan Kahramanogullari <ozan.kah@gmail.com> writes:
> Well, I took the default settings when I was installing PostgreSQL. And,
> yes, I ran the "show" commands on the command line console; it gave an
> error. I ran the "show" commands on the psql prompt that delivered nothing,
> no error as well.

Nothing?  That seems pretty unlikely.  It should look something like this:

$ psql postgres
psql (12devel)
Type "help" for help.

postgres=# show hba_file;
                hba_file                 
-----------------------------------------
 /Users/tgl/testversion/data/pg_hba.conf
(1 row)

Maybe you forgot the command-ending semicolon, or something?

            regards, tom lane