{"id":11029,"date":"2018-03-20T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/finally-you-will-be-able-to-use-exit-and-quit-in-psql\/"},"modified":"2018-03-20T10:39:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T09:39:01","slug":"finally-you-will-be-able-to-use-exit-and-quit-in-psql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/finally-you-will-be-able-to-use-exit-and-quit-in-psql\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally you will be able to use exit and quit in psql"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When giving the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/trainings\/postgresql-dba-essentials-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PostgreSQL DBA Essentials workshop<\/a> one of the main issues people have is how they can exit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/docs\/10\/static\/app-psql.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">psql<\/a>. 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