On 2015-10-28 23:38:45 +0000, Greg Stark wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 3. I really don't want to end up with a bunch of features of this type
> > for a variety of different data types.
>
> We already have \pset null which feels very similar.
It's data type neutral, and there's no representation of NULL that's
definitely discernible from the corresponding string. So I don't see
those being the same.
This seems like opening a can of worms to me. Why not add formatting
options in psql for other data types?
- Andres