Re: SHOW TABLES

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 02:12:19PM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> > 1. \d isn't exactly the most intuitive thing ever
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> Seems fairly mnemomic to me (d=describe) and it packs a
> *lot* of information into a single letter (see below).
> Things that are done often should have short keystrokes,
> and not require learning Yet Another Meta-Language.
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> > And it's pretty clear that we have been heading into some
> > increasingly cryptic bits of fruit salad of
> > \dfzb+-meta-bucky-alt-foo
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> No arguments there, but that's the nature of the beast. I don't
> think it's as bad as is made out, however, as \d covers 99% of
> everyday usage and certainly the "show tables" that started
> this thread.

It covers 0% of cases where people are not using psql.

Cheers,
David.
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