On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 8:05 PM Vik Fearing <vik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Because it isn't always easy to modify the .psqlrc file. This is
especially true if you frequently connect to other people's systems.
Exactly. You can tune your psql a lot, including excellent pspg,
but then you frequently troubleshoot other people's systems, you deal with defaults.
And finally, the default settings is what most people will always use.