Re: \dt shows table but \d <table> says the table doesn't exist ?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, David Gauthier <dfgpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: \dt shows table but \d <table> says the table doesn't exist ?
Date: 2024-05-04 04:57:55
Message-ID: 2826785.1714798675@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> ... I’d welcome
> a modifier like “*” (like the ~* operator) to enable case-insensitive
> matching.

We could talk about that idea, certainly. I'm afraid it's the sort
of edge case that would mainly be useful to newbies who haven't
read the docs closely enough to know the option exists, let alone
that it will help them. But maybe there's more use-case than
I'm thinking of.

regards, tom lane

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