Re: Show schema size with \dn+

From: Marcelo Costa <marcelojscosta(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Anders Steinlein <anders(at)steinlein(dot)no>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Show schema size with \dn+
Date: 2009-10-29 13:36:26
Message-ID: c13f2d590910290636h441c7449ua4037892c4b21c26@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 15:11 +0100, Anders Steinlein wrote:
> > Is there any interest in expanding \dn+ to show schema size, similar
> > to table sizes using \dt+ in 8.4? We use separate schemas for each
> > user, so this would allow us to quickly look up the sizes of each
> > user's data.
>
> A schema doesn't really have a size, because a schema is not a storage
> subdivision.
>
>
Are you sure ?

I believe that we can pass more information structuralized facilitating the
life of admins as we

This item of TODO can be constructed with these easinesses[1]

- Make psql's \d commands more consistent in its handling of schemas

[1] http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-11/msg00014.php

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