On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.tech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Below is an example of feeding query output to gnuplot without leaving psql. > I'd like to call it as "select graph(select * from example)", just for fun. > What do I need to learn to do that, please? Can I create a function that > uses "\o"? I think not, because a function runs server-side and \o is a > client side feature. plpython/plperl/etc plus this way of calling select just_for_fun_graph('select ... from ...', 'My Graph', 78, 24, ...) will do the trick. > > This is not a production issue, just learning, for fun. > > # psql -U postgres > psql (8.4.15) > Type "help" for help. > > postgres=# \t > Showing only tuples. > postgres=# \a > Output format is unaligned. > postgres=# \f ' ' > Field separator is " ". > postgres=# select * from example; > 1 1 > 2 2 > 3 3 > 4 4 > postgres=# \o | /usr/bin/gnuplot > postgres=# select 'set title "My Graph"; set terminal dumb 78 24; set key > off; set ylabel "Time"; set xlabel "Servers";' || 'plot ''-'' with lines;' ; > select * from example; > postgres=# \o > > My Graph > Time > 4 > ++----------+----------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------** > + + + + + + > **** + > | **** | > 3.5 ++ **** ++ > | **** | > | **** | > 3 ++ *** ++ > | **** | > | **** | > 2.5 ++ **** ++ > | **** | > | **** | > 2 ++ *** ++ > | **** | > | **** | > 1.5 ++ **** ++ > | **** | > + **** + + + + + + > 1 **----------+----------+-----------+----------+-----------+---------++ > 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 > Servers > > postgres=# > > Best, > Aleksey > > -- > CFEngine Trainings: > Los Angeles, Feb 25 - 28. http://cf3la.eventbrite.com > New Jersey, Apr 29 - May 2. http://cf3.eventbrite.com/ -- Sergey Konoplev Database and Software Architect http://www.linkedin.com/in/grayhemp Phones: USA +1 415 867 9984 Russia, Moscow +7 901 903 0499 Russia, Krasnodar +7 988 888 1979 Skype: gray-hemp Jabber: gray.ru@xxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general