Re: Indication of db-shared tables

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff MacDonald <jam(at)zoidtechnologies(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Indication of db-shared tables
Date: 2011-06-22 19:24:40
Message-ID: 201106221924.p5MJOei08770@momjian.us
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of mi jun 22 14:31:51 -0400 2011:
> > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > Excerpts from Jeff MacDonald's message of mi jun 22 09:27:36 -0400 2011:
> > > > Greetings,
> > > >
> > > > On Wednesday, June 22, 2011 09:10:02 AM Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > > I assumed it was important to indicate if someone was looking at
> > > > > per-database or per-cluster data, like pg_tablespace. The issue comes
> > > > > up when I do admin training about the system tables.
> > > >
> > > > +1
> > > >
> > > > I favor features that make training easier for the teacher.
> > >
> > > So what UI would you guys propose? I don't think widening the output of
> > > frequently used commands like \d or \d+ is okay for a feature with this
> > > small a use case.
> >
> > I am going to try to add descriptions for system tables for \d+ so maybe
> > I can put it there.
>
> That would be OK with me, I guess -- something like "shared system
> catalog for databases", you mean?

I was thinking "(shared)" as part of the description.

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