Re: pretty print viewdefs

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
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>> But Pg
>> should have some pretty print function - it is easy implemented there.
>> Personally, I prefere Celko's notation, it is little bit more compact
>>
>> SELECT sh.shoename, sh.sh_avail, sh.slcolor, sh.slminlen,
>> sh.slminlen * un.un_fact AS slminlen_cm, sh.slmaxlen,
>> sh.slmaxlen * un.un_fact AS slmaxlen_cm, sh.slunit
>> FROM shoe_data sh, unit un
>> WHERE sh.slunit = un.un_name;
>>
>> but, sure - this is my personal preference.
>>
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> To do that we would need to keep track of how much space was used on
> the line and how much space what we were adding would use. It's
> doable, but it's a lot more work.

When initially implementing the pretty option, I ran into the same
consideration. Back then, I decided not to try any line breaking on the
column list. Instead, I treated the columns as "just a bunch of
columns", laying the emphasis on the from-clause (with potentially many
joined tables).
So a pretty column formatting should still be white-space saving.

Regards,
Andreas