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Thank you for your answer.

I can't see any difference.
In "Properties", there is an entry "Command History" with two fields "Buffer size" set to 50 and "Number of Buffers" set to 4.
These settings are exactly the same in "cmd.exe" and "SQL Shell"...

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On 2016-08-02 6:39 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
On 08/02/2016 09:39 AM, Lmhelp1 wrote:
Thank you for your answer.

With the "SQL Shell" tool, the commands history is indeed available!
So, I guess I am now going to use this tool instead of "cmd.exe".
This solves my problem.

Or look at the properties of the menu item and see what is done to enable history.


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On 2016-08-02 6:27 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:

What happens if you use the SQL Shell from the program menu on the
Start Menu?:

http://www.enterprisedb.com/resources-community/tutorials-quickstarts/windows/getting-started-postgres-plus-tutorial-windows






On 2016-08-02 6:19 PM, Lmhelp1 wrote:

Thank you for your answer.

1.
Like I wrote in my first post, the command I use to launch "psql" is:
cmd.exe> psql -p <tcp_port> -U <username> <database_name>
So, I do not specify the "--no-readline" option.

2.
cmd.exe psql <database_name># \s
history is not supported by this installation

Powershell psql <database_name># \s
history is not supported by this installation

To install PostgreSQL, I used the "postgresql-9.5.2-1-windows-x64.exe"
installer the 2016/04/21.
So I don't remember much about what I did that day.

3.
When I do:
psql <database_name># \set
HISTFILE does not appear in the result.
So, I guess it is not set.

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On 2016-08-02 5:56 PM, Melvin Davidson wrote:

Thank you, Based on
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/app-psql.html#APP-PSQL-ENVIRONMENT

The following may be pertinent.

If -n / --no-readline was specified, then command history is not used.

What happens if you issue the \s command in psql? Is history supported?

What is the value for HISTFILE?

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On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:40 AM, David G. Johnston
<david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:david.g.johnston@xxxxxxxxx>>wrote:
On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Are you doing this in PostgreSQL 7.3 and Windows XP? Can you
    provide us with a little more useful information like current
    PostgreSQL version and O/S?
    Otherwise we have absolutely no idea what the problem might be.


"Windows (8.1)" refers to the O/S version.

Knowing the PostgreSQL version probably won't make a difference though
knowing how it was installed might (though not for me personally).

David J.



On 2016-08-02 5:40 PM, Lmhelp1 wrote:

Thank you for your answer.

cmd.exe> psql --version
psql (PostgreSQL) 9.5.2

Like I wrote, the Windows OS is 8.1 Pro.

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On 2016-08-02 5:31 PM, Melvin Davidson wrote:
Are you doing this in PostgreSQL 7.3 and Windows XP? Can you provide
us with a little more useful information like current PostgreSQL
version and O/S?
Otherwise we have absolutely no idea what the problem might be.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Lmhelp1 <lmhelp1@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:lmhelp1@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Hello,

    I am using "psql" in "cmd.exe" in Windows (8.1).

    Below is the command I use to connect to a database with "psql":
    cmd.exe> psql -p <tcp_port> -U <username> <database_name>

    My problem is the following.
    Suppose I enter one command:
    <database_name># SELECT * FROM <a_table_1>;
    and then another one:
    <database_name># SELECT * FROM <a_table_2>;
    The commands history "is not working": meaning I cannot retrieve
    these last two commands I entered by hitting the top arrow key.
    Instead, I have to type them again.

    To try to solve the problem, I entered the command:
    <database_name># \set HISTSIZE 100
    but it didn't change anything.

    Yesterday, I don't remember what I did, but I could access the
    commands history using Powershell, maybe the command "\set
    HISTSIZE 100" and maybe a "psqlrc" file.
    But whatever I've been trying to do since, I can't make it work
    again.

    Can you please advise me what to do to make this work?

    Best regards.
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