Printing to screen in .sql file postgres

Question

This sounds like it should be a very easy thing to do, however, I cannot find ANYWHERE how to do it.

I have a .sql file I am building for an upgrade to my application

Answer 1

There's probably a better way to do it. But if you need to use vanilla SQL, try this:

SELECT NULL AS "Starting to insert into table X";
-- big pile of inserts go here...
SELECT NULL AS "Finished inserting into table X";