Re: \describe*

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: \describe*
Date: 2019-03-09 05:10:42
Message-ID: CAFj8pRAGsDnPaXBZowfkmOO2EjQqy9P35aOAbnd_tVaP8T7fqA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

> Since this is now waiting for v13, there's a bit more time to entertain
> the question of whether we'd rather have these in psql or in a new server
> command DESCRIBE [verbose] [system], and if so, whether the output of that
> would itself be query-able or not.
>

Including this feature in core can be nice. If they are on server side,
then should to produce result via API - like EXPLAIN. That's all.

Regards

Pavel

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