Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for
Date: 2002-12-10 01:55:51
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.0.20021210125302.04bb8fd8@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 01:22 PM 9/12/2002 -0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>Hmmm...I'm not certain that the \d commands really NEED to have a logical
>link to the actual thing you're listing.

This is the perspective a person with good memory, unlike me. In find it
useful to be able to derive commands from common-sense rules, even if it
means a little more typing.

>We could do DESCRIBE commands as well. Also, what happened to the

This would be fine, so long as the standard does not get in the way of
displaying postgres-specific information (eg. function attrs).

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