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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bin/psql/print.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index f2ea63bb6c4..8a8580411ee 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -2119,8 +2119,9 @@ lo_import 152801 column name on the left and the data on the right. This mode is useful if the data wouldn't fit on the screen in the normal <quote>horizontal</quote> mode. In the auto setting, the - expanded mode is used whenever the query output is wider than the - screen, otherwise the regular mode is used. The auto setting is only + expanded mode is used whenever the query output has more than one + column and is wider than the screen; otherwise, the regular mode is + used. The auto setting is only effective in the aligned and wrapped formats. In other formats, it always behaves as if the expanded mode is off. </para> diff --git a/src/bin/psql/print.c b/src/bin/psql/print.c index 8958903e140..85dbd300d8d 100644 --- a/src/bin/psql/print.c +++ b/src/bin/psql/print.c @@ -816,9 +816,11 @@ print_aligned_text(const printTableContent *cont, FILE *fout, bool is_pager) /* * If in expanded auto mode, we have now calculated the expected width, so - * we can now escape to vertical mode if necessary. + * we can now escape to vertical mode if necessary. If the output has + * only one column, the expanded format would be wider than the regular + * format, so don't use it in that case. */ - if (cont->opt->expanded == 2 && output_columns > 0 && + if (cont->opt->expanded == 2 && output_columns > 0 && cont->ncolumns > 1 && (output_columns < total_header_width || output_columns < width_total)) { print_aligned_vertical(cont, fout, is_pager); |