Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql

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> Why would they want more? It's not MySQL, and they know that.
> If we give them some very minor helpful hints for the most
> common things they try to do, it would be a huge benefit to them.

+1

>> What if some other people will come up with the idea of adding similar
>> functionality for their favorite database? The only exception will be
>> Informix IMHO, because of historical reasons.

> I think it'd be helpful for other databases, too. Oracle comes to mind:
> What commands are finger-trained in Oracle DBAs?

Ha! Best laugh I've had all week. The finger training consists of "double
click the mouse, navigate the GUI to find your table...". For command line,
you have monstrosities such as "select * from ALL_ALL_TABLES"
and "select * from TABS" - unless they've implemented some sort of shortcuts
since the last time I used Oracle. Which seems very unlikely, as they
obviously have no love for sqlplus (Oracle's command line client), which
has been stuck technologically in place for decades (hello, readline?)

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