Re: SHOW TABLES

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SHOW TABLES
Date: 2010-07-15 21:40:22
Message-ID: 30E173C7-DAF3-4F34-99E0-19C409D7DBAA@gmail.com
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On Jul 15, 2010, at 2:26 PM, Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> wrote:
> 3. Add "SHOW xxx" and have it return a single query
> Have it also issue "NOTICE: from psql, try \dt for more info"

A big -1 from me on that. Going to a whole lot of trouble to implement something half as functional as what we have already sounds like a huge lose to me.

> If/when we have multiple sets returned from one query it should be simple to provide something pretty close to \d... from a single command.

Sounds to me like this is just about a prerequisite for this project.

...Robert
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