[AaronBBrown]

Can you give an example of where mysql (the client) is terrible compared to psql (the client)? I've had the opposite experience.

[cdavid]

for once, you get proper reverse search, which is not available in mysql (last time I checked, which has now been a while TBH).

[AaronBBrown]

Works for me. I use this feature nearly all day.

http://showterm.io/03de0c8a4992dc7008ef2

[meritt]

mysql cli has always had reverse search (ctrl+r) because it was built on readline. They actually recently disabled it, indirectly, because they switched to editline. So now you gotta configure it via ~/.editrc

http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=60465

[asdasf]

Useful tab completion, more useful commands, catching Ctrl+C like a shell is supposed to do instead of exiting like an asshole, etc. Can you give an example of your opposite experience? I've literally never met someone who has used both and not preferred psql before.