On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:39 AM, Gurjeet Singh <singh.gurjeet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> As others have noted, you have tabs in your sql source. I'd advise if >>> possible, not to use the tab character in sql, for this and other >>> reasons. >> >> Can you please elaborate on other reasons? I have never encountered any >> _other_ reason!! >> >> And 'using psql' is not reason enough to not indent your SQL code. > > For example, another reason tabs are annoying are how your function > sources show up in '\df+' (escaped). iirc you can get around this > with '\x', but why bother with that? Also, I am not suggesting not to > indent your sql, just not to use the tab character. Almost every decent text editor has the option to use spaces in place of tabs. Even Nano can do it.
