Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql

Ross J. Reedstrom wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 06:06:53PM +0200, Alastair Bell Turner wrote:
> <..>
> > without having to add a switch to their command lines. It's not going
> > to have anything to say to experienced psql users anyway so it would
> > probably not bug anyone enough to turn it off.
>
> I would so use this feature going the other way: fire up comfortable
> psql and see what mysql command I need to type ... Having it in the
> interface (behind \help [mysql|oracle|firebird|mssql|..] seems reasonable
> to me, given how much info we already have in \help. I find the basic
> BNF help for SQL syntax still useful reminder, and know to go to the
> actual docs when there's not enough there. So a quick mapping of
> most-needed commands, and a pointer to the docs for the full
> ramifications and subtle differences seems to fit the existing
> documentation module.

It would be interesting to implement \help mysql, and then have commands
like SHOW TABLE trigger a message suggesting they do \help mysql.

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