| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Re: proposal - psql: possibility to specify sort for describe commands, when size is printed |
| Date: | 2017-09-21 18:20:56 |
| Message-ID: | 1492342f-1b93-5f78-00f6-e21d554c2748@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 9/21/17 13:54, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> I see where you are coming from, but there is no association in the
> existing UI that equates "+" to the word "verbose". I think just
> removing the verbose prefix and applying the sorting behavior in all
> cases should be easier to explain and implement.
>
> I though about it - but I am not sure if one kind of these variables is
> practical.
>
> if I don't need a size, then sort by schema, name is ok (I didn't need
> any else ever). With only one kind of these variables, this setting is
> common - what is not practical.
But you are proposing also to add a variable configuring the sort
direction. It would be weird that \dX+ observed the sort direction but
\dX did not.
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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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