| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Friendly help for psql |
| Date: | 2008-01-20 21:31:19 |
| Message-ID: | 13363.1200864679@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> I'd be happy with output that explains briefly the difference between
> psql and SQL commands and refers people to \? and \h. That way we don't
> have to introduce too much change and this can be a forgivable special
> case. (Don't like the "Help me" thing though).
I think you're headed in the same direction as Alvaro. A slight
extension on this would be
help
produces short blurb describing \h and \?
help something
produces same result as \h something
regards, tom lane
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