Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6

Bruce Momjian <bruce@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> Ron Mayer wrote:
>> This makes me think we shouldn't be hard-coding anything at all
>> as the welcome message; but rather having a default .psqlrc
>> in much the same way that that there's a default /etc/bash.bashrc
>> and /etc/csh.login.
>> 
>> Within that default .psqlrc we can put
>> \qecho "Whatever the default message is"
>> or
>> select "my message "+version();
>> to create the default, but then anyone with their own .psqlrc
>> can re-define it to whatever they think is a "good enough" UI.

> We could do that but we still have to design the default banner.

More to the point, we would then have to design API with which a
custom .psqlrc could put out information about psql version,
server version, SSL status, etc.  It would take a lot of work
to make this approach actually useful, and there isn't demand
to justify it AFAIK.

It's worth poli****ng the default behavior in any case, because
that is what newbies are going to see.

			regards, tom lane

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