[Techtalk] Column display width on postgresql

Cynthia Kiser cnk at ugcs.caltech.edu
Tue Jan 19 20:07:43 UTC 2010


Quoting Anne Wainwright <anotheranne at fables.co.za>:
> When displaying a select query, how can I make the display
> default to one line per record?
> 
> The width of the fields is too wide for the screen and thus the records
> wrap, even the shorter ones, to accomodate the longest field found in
> the selection.
> 
> I have browsed thru the manual and also my postgresql book to no avail.
> I see nothing to set display column width.
> 
> Am I searching for the unfindable? 

I think so. 


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