Re: IF (NOT) EXISTS in psql-completion

From: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
To: Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com, pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: IF (NOT) EXISTS in psql-completion
Date: 2017-02-28 04:53:17
Message-ID: 20170228045317.GE9812@tamriel.snowman.net
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* Kyotaro HORIGUCHI (horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp) wrote:
> I suppose it is for suggesting what kind of word should come
> there, or avoiding silence for a tab. Or for symmetry with other
> types of manipulation, like DROP. Another possibility is creating
> multiple objects with similar names, say CREATE TABLE
> employee_x1, CREATE TABLE employee_x2. Just trying to complete
> existing *schema* is one more another possible objective.

I don't buy any of these arguments either. I *really* don't want us
going down some road where we try to make sure that hitting 'tab' never
fails...

Thanks!

Stephen

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