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Sergey E. Koposov wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm proposing the small patch for the TODO item -- Improve psql's handling
> of multi-line queries. With this patch the multi-line queries are saved
> by readline as whole and not line by line.
>
> This is my first patch for Postgres but it seems to work and to not break
> anything.
>
> I'm waiting for review, comments, objections, etc...
>
> With Best Regards,
>
> Sergey
>
> ************************************************** ***
> Sergey E. Koposov
> Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
> Web: http://lnfm1.sai.msu.ru/~math
> E-mail: math@sai.msu.ru
>

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