Hi,
I was wondering why psql loose dashed comments and what can be done about this misbehaviour.
I get often some sql, paste it into psql run and edit it via \e. A few iterations until everything works.
But psql removes the comments and creates a lot extra work to restore the comments and changes to the query.
Here is an example:
# start psql, paste something run it, edit \e, rerun and so on. At the end all dashed comments are removed.
psql -Xe postgres
psql (14.1)
Type "help" for help.
postgres=# select 1, -- one
2, /* two */
3 -- three
;
select 1,
2, /* two */
3
;
?column? | ?column? | ?column?
----------+----------+----------
1 | 2 | 3
(1 row)
postgres=# \e
select 1,
2, /* two */
3
;
?column? | ?column? | ?column?
----------+----------+----------
1 | 2 | 3
(1 row)
--
Boris
