Re: SHOW TABLES

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 08:50:31AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 17:38 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
> > > Looks like the last time this was discussed, there wasn't any clear
> > > conclusion. Someone created a patch and it's still on the TODO list:
> > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg01845.php
> >
> > That one is about:
> > a) doing it in psql., not the backend
> > b) not actually implementing the command, but implementing hints for
> > the user telling them which is the correct command
> >
> > Is there an actual common use-case for having these commands available
> > for *non-psql* interfaces?
>
> Yes. We should provide a single, well described grammar for interacting
> with objects in the database regardless of client. I should be able to
> open ANY SQL terminal, and type SHOW ME THE MONEY and have Benjamins
> fall out.

It's all about the Washingtons ;)

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David.
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