Format of pasted query

When I paste a query with line breaks into pgcli, the lines are joined without a space.

for example:

select col
from table

becomes

select colfrom table

which is a syntax error

[amjith]

@iamrahulroy That’s debatable. Some of the default behaviors in psql are just terrible, so I’m ok deviating from what is considered default in psql.

But this one is a subjective call and I’m not sure there is a good way to objectively say one is better than the other. I’ve chosen what I think is the most common use case, which is people type in queries in a single line and multi-line queries are rare. So I’ve optimized based on that use case. But if a user prefers to emulate psql there is a config option that allows them to do that.

The philosophy behind pgcli is “Sane defaults out of the box”.

[amjith]

Actually in order to paste multi-line strings like the one in the example, you have to enable the multi-line mode (F3 key).

If you notice the syntax error says

misago> select colfrom table
column "col" does not exist
LINE 1: select col

Even though it printed it as select colfrom table what it actually did was it pasted select col and the newline after that was treated as <enter> and it sent the partial query to the server and then pasted the rest of the query into the buffer.

But if you enable multiline-mode and then paste the same snippet, it will be pasted correctly and then you can end it with a semicolon and press enter to execute the query.

Try it out and let me know if it works.