Re: get rid of psql welcome message - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> My thoughts are to have the initial prompt look something like this:
>
> --
> psql 8.1.10 - Server version 8.2.7 (some features may not work)
>
> Type: \h for SQL help, \? for psql help, \q to quit
>
> SSL: On {cert info}
> --

I think the information that you use \g or semicolon to launch a query is 
surprisingly non-obvious to some users.  One reason is that it doesn't always 
work that way in the interactive terminals of other database systems.  I 
think that bit should be kept in the verbose version of the message.