Re: psql's \h MOVE

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> I just noticed that \h MOVE is particularly unhelpful:
> alvherre=# \h move
> Command: MOVE
> Description: position a cursor
> Syntax:
> MOVE [ direction { FROM | IN } ] cursorname

> The problem is that it doesn't specify what "direction" is. The doc
> text tells you to look into FETCH for details, but in \h you have to
> guess.

> We could fix this by including a note about fetch in the <synopsis>,
> so that it'd look like this:

> alvherre=# \h move
> Command: MOVE
> Description: position a cursor
> Syntax:
> MOVE [ direction [ FROM | IN ] ] cursor_name

> See FETCH for details on direction

-1 ... if this annoys you, just duplicate the definition of direction
from FETCH.

regards, tom lane