Re: new format for describe (repost #2)

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: "Patches" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: new format for describe (repost #2)
Date: 2003-03-06 02:27:03
Message-ID: 02f001c2e387$e00eed80$6500a8c0@fhp.internal
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> Perhaps the visualisation could be improved even more if the data where
> output in table form?

Urg. That really will make it ugly! It's also _harder_ to read in table
form, not easier. I mean, what's easier to read at a glance:

"$1" FOREIGN KEY (referrer) REFERENCES users_users(userid) ON DELETE SET
NULL

or

> Foreign Keys
> Name | Referencing Col | Referenced Tbl | Referenced Col | Delete Action
> ------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------
...
> $1 | referrer | users_users | userid | SET NULL

Chris

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