Re: Quoting of psql \d output

From: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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Subject: Re: Quoting of psql \d output
Date: 2003-12-23 17:12:11
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Tom Lane writes:
> The problem is that it is double-quoting a qualified name, which is
> something we generally don't produce in messages. I think it's actively
> misleading.

While I don't really agree that this is a problem, better solutions would
be to not quote the thing at all or write something like Table "%s"
(Schema "%s"). However, the message style guidelines are very clear on
this point, and before we deviate I'd like to see an adjusted proposal.

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