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by WirelessGigabit 937 days ago
You can now get a PSQL prompt in pgAdmin:

https://www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin4/8.0/psql_tool.html

> ... Administrators can enable the use of the PSQL tool in the pgAdmin configuration by setting the ENABLE_PSQL option to True; ...

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I'll note that that's not at all equivalent to v3's 'connect with psql'. v3 popped open a terminal with psql for the user in a new window (thus giving an equivalent experience to 'normal' use of psql, with the user's configured terminal settings etc.), while v4 only forwards the output of a virtual terminal to their web app (thus requiring you to keep a window open, keeping v4's server running, etc.).

I can understand why they did that (with the whole 'web first' shtick), but for me it does not provide the same functionality and is thus essentially useless.