Re: Quoting of psql \d output

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Quoting of psql \d output
Date: 2003-12-23 17:20:16
Message-ID: 12912.1072200016@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> While I don't really agree that this is a problem, better solutions would
> be to not quote the thing at all or write something like Table "%s"
> (Schema "%s"). However, the message style guidelines are very clear on
> this point, and before we deviate I'd like to see an adjusted proposal.

As Bruce pointed out, this isn't really a message; it's just a column
heading, and so it's not clear that the message style guidelines apply.

I kinda like the idea of not quoting it at all, actually, since that is
a far simpler solution.

regards, tom lane

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