Re: [PATCHES] Show INHERIT in \du

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Brendan Jurd" <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Bernd Helmle" <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] Show INHERIT in \du
Date: 2008-03-21 03:51:45
Message-ID: 12894.1206071505@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Brendan Jurd" <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 21/03/2008, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> The code is now set up so that it can pass an entire field value
>> through gettext(), but if gettext recognizes the strings "foo" and
>> "bar" that doesn't mean it will do anything useful with "foo\nbar",
>> which is what this patch would require.

> Ouch!

> We can't just build the output table by hand like
> describeOneTableDetails does? Admittedly it's kludgy, but it's not an
> unprecedented kludge.

Oh, I had forgotten the existence of that entry point in print.c. Yeah,
it might be workable --- want to have a go at it?

regards, tom lane

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