Re: psql tab completion for updatable foreign tables

--On 8. Juli 2013 16:04:31 +0000 Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> * pg_relation_is_updatable is only available in 9.3, whereas psql may
> connect to older servers, so it needs to guard against that.
>

Oh of course, i forgot about this. Thanks for pointing out.

> * If we're doing this, I think we should do it for auto-updatable
> views at the same time.
>
> There was concern that pg_relation_is_updatable() would end up opening
> every relation in the database, hammering performance. I now realise
> that these tab-complete queries have a limit (1000 by default) so I
> don't think this is such an issue. I tested it by creating 10,000
> randomly named auto-updatable views on top of a table, and didn't see
> any performance problems.
>
> Here's an updated patch based on the above points.

Okay, are you adding this to the september commitfest?

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Thanks

Bernd