[DRILL-4697] Editing of multi-line queries in sqlline

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.15.0
• Component/s: Client - CLI
• Assignee: Arina Ielchiieva
• Reporter: Matt Keranen
• Created: 26/May/16 22:10
• Updated: 03/Dec/18 10:32
• Resolved: 03/Dec/18 10:32

Description

Being used to the PostgreSQL psql client, editing multiline queries in sqlline seems difficult. Each line of an unterminated (semicolon) query appears to be a separate history entry, thus uneditable.

The ability to up-arrow to bring the entire previous query would be very helpful, or the option to send the query text to an external shell editor (Vi).