| From: | Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Ziga <ziga(at)ljudmila(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Retail DDL |
| Date: | 2025-08-16 05:08:28 |
| Message-ID: | CALdSSPh8QeDfDt9Ap5vaZytHafBzXMgNjEM7nDKj465UvROppw@mail.gmail.com |
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Hi!
On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 23:30, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>
> Interesting. I think there are good reasons to have this as builtin
> functions, though, not least that it would allow us to base some psql
> meta-commands on it, or possibly an SQL command (DESCRIBE ?).
DESCRIBE would be confusing with extended protocol Describe message,
used for prepared statements and portals. At least for me this would
be confusing.
> Builtin
> functions are also likely to be faster.
We are not actually aiming for speed here, aren’t we?
Overall, Im +1 on `pg_get_{objecttype}_ddl` or maybe
`pg_show_{objecttype}_ddl` design.
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Best regards,
Kirill Reshke
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