| From: | Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: \describe* |
| Date: | 2018-01-27 21:54:07 |
| Message-ID: | 0371f8ca-3f25-7098-d261-b48d86ccb68e@2ndquadrant.com |
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On 01/27/2018 05:39 PM, David Fetter wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:28:24PM +0100, Vik Fearing wrote:
>> On 01/26/2018 03:49 PM, David Fetter wrote:
>>> I propose that we do what at least MySQL, Oracle, and DB2 do and
>>> implement DESCRIBE as its own command.
>> Hard pass.
>
> Would you be so kind as to expand on this? "Pass" might indicate a
> lack of interest in doing the work, but "hard pass" seems to indicate
> that you have reasons the work should not be done. Have I interpreted
> this correctly?
Andreas said it quite well. I don't like having client commands look
like server commands. I don't mind exceptions for "help" and "quit",
but I see no reason for anything more.
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