Re: getting function argument names from psql?

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Timothy Perrigo <tperrigo(at)wernervas(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: getting function argument names from psql?
Date: 2006-07-13 13:30:49
Message-ID: 20060713133048.GC6902@fetter.org
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On Thu, Jul 13, 2006 at 09:22:56AM -0400, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> On 7/13/06, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:37:04PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

> >Back when, I submitted a psql patch to get the input names along
> >with their types. Shall I dig up that code this weekend?
>
> that would be great, although is there any concern about backwards
> compatibility of regprocedure cast?

I'm not really concerned with any backwards compatibility for this new
feature, as psql has never attempted it for backslash commands.

> would it be safer to make a new cast? also, does your patch account
> for in/out?

If it didn't, it will. :)

Cheers,
D
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