psqlrc

-- Mostly copied and pasted from
-- http://robots.thoughtbot.com/improving-the-command-line-postgres-experience/
-- Dropped the color codes because they caused terminal rendering problems.

\set PROMPT1 '%M %n@%/%R%# '
\set PROMPT2 '[more] %R > '

-- By default, NULL displays as an empty space. Is it actually an empty
-- string, or is it null? This makes that distinction visible.
\pset null '[NULL]'

-- Use table format (with headers across the top) by default, but switch to
-- expanded table format when there's a lot of data, which makes it much
-- easier to read.
-- \x auto

-- Verbose error reports.
-- \set VERBOSITY verbose

-- Use a separate history file per-database.
\set HISTFILE ~/.psql_history- :DBNAME

-- If a command is run more than once in a row, only store it once in the
-- history.
\set HISTCONTROL ignoredups

-- Autocomplete keywords (like SELECT) in upper-case, even if you started
-- typing them in lower case.
\set COMP_KEYWORD_CASE upper