Re: [PATCH] psql: \dn+ to show size of each schema..

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] psql: \dn+ to show size of each schema..
Date: 2021-07-14 05:44:28
Message-ID: CAFj8pRCeRgwrc7qCTU_MzwPVpiPyggyf+NJigb3Yi+OVqDgj6w@mail.gmail.com
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st 14. 7. 2021 v 7:42 odesílatel Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
napsal:

> On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 14:05 +0900, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
> > 2021年7月14日(水) 12:07 Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>:
> > > \db+ and \l+ show sizes of tablespaces and databases, so I was
> surprised in the
> > > past that \dn+ didn't show sizes of schemas. I would find that
> somewhat
> > > convenient, and I assume other people would use it even more useful.
> >
> > It's something which would be useful to have. But see this previous
> proposal:
> >
> >
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/2d6d2ebf-4dbc-4f74-17d8-05461f4782e2%40dalibo.com
>
> Right, I would not like to cause a lot of I/O activity just to look at the
> permissions on a schema...
>
> Besides, schemas are not physical, but logical containers. So I see a
> point in
> measuring the storage used in a certain tablespace, but not so much by all
> objects
> in a certain schema. It might be useful for accounting purposes, though.
> But I don't expect it to be in frequent enough demand to add a psql
> command.
>
> What about inventing a function pg_schema_size(regnamespace)?
>

+1 good idea

Pavel

> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>
>
>
>

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