From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Amos Bird <amosbird(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: PATCH: psql show index with type info |
Date: | 2017-03-10 14:00:22 |
Message-ID: | 20170310140022.GE9812@tamriel.snowman.net |
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* Robert Haas (robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> > * Amos Bird (amosbird(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> >> Well, the prefix is used to differentiate other \d commands, like
> >> this,
> >
> > Ah, ok, fair enough.
> >
> > Should we consider differentiating different table types also? I
> > suppose those are primairly just logged and unlogged, but I could see
> > that being useful information to know when doing a \dt. Not a big deal
> > either way though, and this patch stands on its own certainly.
>
> Logged vs. unlogged isn't the same thing as identifying the access
> method. Anything with storage can come in logged, unlogged, and
> temporary varieties, but an access method is essentially a way of
> saying that one object has a different physical layout than another.
> Right now there is, indeed, only one heap access method, but some of
> my colleagues and I are scheming over how to change that.
Fair enough, sounds like a good reason to add an Access Method column to
me.
Thanks!
Stephen
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