Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
Date: 2009-01-15 18:06:22
Message-ID: 8858.1232042782@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Well, this is psql and it should be easy; I am not sure pg_catalog.*
> fits that requirement.

It should be easy for common cases, which I argue "I need to see *only*
system objects" is not.

> Right now if you do \dt you see user tables, and
> \dtS shows system tables; I don't see removing 'S' as being a great
> usability gain.

It's removal of unnecessary complexity. These commands are teetering on
the edge of being too complicated to explain already.

regards, tom lane

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