| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: SHOW TABLES |
| Date: | 2010-07-16 16:44:17 |
| Message-ID: | 1279298657.1735.38250.camel@ebony |
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On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 12:25 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On Fri, 2010-07-16 at 12:16 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > Really? What are the other syntaxes?
> >
> > SHOW TABLES
>
> That is MySQL? Do does every other RDBMs also use that, as David
> suggested?
He didn't say it was exactly that syntax. We must retain some common
sense in the discussion.
DB2 uses LIST TABLES
SQLServer and Sybase use sp_ procedures for this
Informix uses INFO TABLES
Ingres uses HELP and HELP TABLE foo
Teradata uses SHOW TABLE foo but no syntax meaning "all tables"
So I think David's actual response was appropriate and accurate: its a
common thing to have easily guessable commands for this.
Search Google for "<myfavouriteDBMS> SHOW TABLES" and you'll see that a
lot of people look for and expect this kind of command to exist.
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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
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