Peter Devoy wrote: > To make inspecting PostGIS tables in psql easier I have written a > function which outputs PostGIS Geometry objects as a string of ASCII > art. > > Please does anyone know if there is there some way I can have my > function called automatically by psql instead of me writing it into > the query each time? E.g. a user defined \pset option or some sort of > extension API which gives me access to the print logic or > 'presentation layer' of psql. > > By 'automatically' I mean through association with the PostGIS geometry types. All I can think of is changing the output function of the PostGIS data types, but that would require a C function. Yours, Laurenz Albe