Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for 1-character

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for 1-character
Date: 2002-12-10 01:36:49
Message-ID: 200212100136.gBA1anr21932@candle.pha.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> We could do DESCRIBE commands as well. Also, what happened to the
> INFORMATION_SCHEMA proposal? Wasn't Peter E doing something with that?
> What happened to it?
>
> > The issue here is what do we do with the existing "\d[istvS]" behavior
> > (for instance, "\dsit" means "list sequences, indexes, and tables").
> > Is that useful enough to try to preserve, or do we just bit-bucket it?
> > If we do try to preserve it, how should it work?
>
> I'd much rather it were preserved, and I'm sure most people would as well.

I was going to say the opposite, that it isn't needed. Oh well.

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