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\gx

\gx is equivalent to \g , except that it forces expanded output mode for this query, as if expanded=on were included in the list of \pset options. See also \x .

Reading PostgreSQL 18.6.

Description

\gx is equivalent to \g , except that it forces expanded output mode for this query, as if expanded=on were included in the list of \pset options. See also \x .

Client: psql 18.6
Case-sensitive spelling: \gx

Usage

\gx [ ( option = value [...]) ] [ filename ] \gx [ ( option = value [...]) ] [ | command ]

Spellings in this manual definition

Command	Documented suffix modifiers
\gx	None listed in this signature

Manual definition

\gx [ (option=value [...]) ] [ filename ] \gx [ (option=value [...]) ] [ |command ]: \gx is equivalent to \g, except that it forces expanded output mode for this query, as if expanded=on were included in the list of \pset options. See also \x.

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Documentation and source

18.6 English manual · app-psql.html

Source build

Version: 18.6
Build: https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v18.6/postgresql-18.6.tar.bz2
Source fingerprint: ee8d1a3612338fd9adf250730cb640fcc5233b5491337cc00a316a44e3a0b9f8

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PostgreSQL 12 → 13: changed.

--- PostgreSQL 12
+++ PostgreSQL 13
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
-  "definition": "\\gx is equivalent to \\g , but forces expanded output mode for this query. See \\x .",
+  "definition": "\\gx is equivalent to \\g , except that it forces expanded output mode for this query, as if expanded=on were included in the list of \\pset options. See also \\x .",
   "modifiers": [],
-  "signature": "\\gx [ filename ] \\gx [ | command ]",
+  "signature": "\\gx [ ( option = value [...]) ] [ filename ] \\gx [ ( option = value [...]) ] [ | command ]",
   "spellings": [
     "\\gx"
   ]

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