Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "Robert Treat" <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, "Greg Copeland" <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>
Cc: <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, "PostgresSQLHackers Mailing List" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?
Date: 2003-01-14 08:24:50
Message-ID: 03AF4E498C591348A42FC93DEA9661B8259A99@mail.vale-housing.co.uk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Treat [mailto:xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net]
> Sent: 13 January 2003 22:01
> To: Greg Copeland
> Cc: Dave Page; greg(at)turnstep(dot)com; PostgresSQLHackers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] \d type queries - why not views in
> system catalog?!?
>
>
> You have to do it in functions because some of the \ commands
> use multiple queries and logic inside the C code.

pgAdmin lists far more comprehensive data the psql and does it from
single queries 95% of the time. I'm sure someone more expert in SQL than
me could get pretty much all the other 5% sorted...

Regards, Dave.

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