Re: Autocomplete <TAB> on Postgres7.4beta5 not working?

Tom Lane wrote:
> This appears to have been a deliberate change:
>
> 2003-03-27 11:45 momjian
>
> * src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c: Attached are two patches for psql's
> tab-completion.c.
> [snip]
>
> Note that tables, indexes, views and sequences relations in the
> 'pg_catalog' namespace are excluded even though they are in the
> current search path. I found not doing this produced annoying
> behaviour when expanding names beginning with 'p'. People who work
> with system tables a lot may not like this though; I can look for
> another solution if necessary.
>
> Ian Barwick
>
> AFAICT there was no discussion about this issue when the patch was
> proposed and applied. But now that the point is raised I have to say
> that I don't like this change. I don't think system catalogs should be
> excluded from tab completion. They never were before 7.4, and I have
> not seen anyone complaining about that, other than Ian.
>
> Comments anyone?

No one commented on it so it was applied --- now that we have two people
who don't like it, seems we should back it out.

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