Add Print The Query Buffer In psql as a postgres til

README.md

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 - [Max Identifier Length Is 63 Bytes](postgres/max-identifier-length-is-63-bytes.md)
 - [pg Prefix Is Reserved For System Schemas](postgres/pg-prefix-is-reserved-for-system-schemas.md)
 - [Pretty Print Data Sizes](postgres/pretty-print-data-sizes.md)
+- [Print The Query Buffer In psql](postgres/print-the-query-buffer-in-psql.md)
 - [Renaming A Sequence](postgres/renaming-a-sequence.md)
 - [Renaming A Table](postgres/renaming-a-table.md)
 - [Restart A Sequence](postgres/restart-a-sequence.md)

postgres/print-the-query-buffer-in-psql.md

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+# Print The Query Buffer In psql
+
+I'll often be composing a PostgreSQL query in Vim and decide I want to give
+it a try in `psql`. I copy the relevant snippet of SQL to my system buffer
+and then paste into `psql`. I'm usually hit with a mess of text like this
+though:
+
+```sql
+jbranchaud=# create table nullable_fields (
+jbranchaud(#   id serial primary key,
+  first varchar,
+  last varchar
+)
+  id serial primary key,
+jbranchaud(#   first varchar,
+  last varchar
+)
+  first varchar,
+jbranchaud(#   last varchar
+)
+  last varchar
+jbranchaud(# )
+)
+jbranchaud-#
+```
+
+Yikes. That's not readable. Fortunately, `psql` provides a command for
+printing the current contents of the query buffer. By typing `\p` I'll see a
+more readable version of what I just pasted in.
+
+```sql
+jbranchaud-# \p
+create table nullable_fields (
+  id serial primary key,
+  first varchar,
+  last varchar
+)
+jbranchaud-#
+```
+
+After taking another glance at the snippet of SQL, I decide to complete the
+query to create my new table.
+
+```sql
+jbranchaud-# ;
+CREATE TABLE
+```