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Re: User-defined print format for extension-defined types in psql output

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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




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