Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>, Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?
Date: 2003-04-17 12:45:26
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0304162113580.1750-100000@peter.localdomain
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Sean Chittenden writes:

> I don't think these should be hacked into the backend/libpq, but I
> think it'd be a huge win to hack in "show *" support into psql for
> MySQL users so they can type:
>
> SHOW (databases|tables|views|functions|triggers|schemas);

Well, we (will) have the information schema, and if you like you can put
it in the path and write

select * from tables;

etc., which seems just as good.

--
Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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