| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: psql \d* and system objects |
| Date: | 2009-03-30 22:09:40 |
| Message-ID: | 20090330220940.GN30580@fetter.org |
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On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 09:59:41PM +0200, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 30 mars 09 à 16:52, Bruce Momjian a écrit :
>> I think the big question is whether the inconsistency (pattern implies
>> 'S') is worth accepting for greater usability.
>
>
> My answer is yes, please, definitely, go for it.
> We don't need idiot-proof easy to remember semantics, we need useful
> ones... The former category is already taken care of by some other open
> source database software, have I been told...
>
> What about a mail with some content? Look, a user-level proposal draft!
> :)
> \dt lists user tables only
> \dtS lists system tables only
All of the S ones should probably mean, "include system objects"
rather than "only system objects."
Cheers,
David.
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