Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for

From: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Philip Warner" <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for
Date: 2002-12-10 19:47:04
Message-ID: 009101c2a084$edef37c0$6500a8c0@internal
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> At 01:25 AM 10/12/2002 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >Let's
> >get a bit realistic on the ease-of-typing arguments here.
>
> It's a fair cop, but don't forget the memory argument as well - I did say
I
> was happy with \d<tab> providing prompts, and DESCRIBE is a little more
> portable & memorable than \d[heiroglyphic].

I think the problem with DESCRIBE is that it's supposed to just return a
recordset. I don't see it showing fk's, indexes, rules, etc. as well...

Chris

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