From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com>, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: \describe* |
Date: | 2019-06-21 23:53:53 |
Message-ID: | 20190621235353.GE29683@fetter.org |
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On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 05:49:43PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2019-Jun-21, David Fetter wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 05:20:54PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > On 2018-Jan-29, David Fetter wrote:
> > >
> > > > We could certainly have \d call DESCRIBE for later versions of the
> > > > server. \ commands which call different SQL depending on server
> > > > version have long been a standard practice.
> > >
> > > So what is the uptake on implementing this at the server side, ie.
> > > DESCRIBE?
> >
> > I've got a few Round Tuits available this weekend. This seems like a
> > worthwhile thing to spend them on.
>
> That's great, but my question is whether you managed to convince anyone
> whether it's a good idea.
Everybody who's used MySQL will. In some sense, I'm more concerned
about the users in the future, who I hope vastly outnumber the users
in the present and past.
Best,
David.
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