"Michael Paesold" <mpaesold@gmx.at> writes:
> Robert Treat wrote:
>> ISTM even a GUC to enable/disable would have been better scheme than
>> what we have now; we are basically leaving no options for those who
>> found the old behavior useful, while what we had before would at least
>> let people switch back and forth.
> I think Robert is right here and the new behaviour is a step backwards.
Should we revert the patch for the time being, and take another go at it
in 8.2?
Is it practical to have the old behavior for \df (and anything else with
particularly wide output) while still forcing \x off for \d?
regards, tom lane