Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for
Date: 2002-12-10 06:16:26
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.0.20021210171106.067d2b58@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 01:55 AM 10/12/2002 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>\d<tab> would show something like
>\dt [tables] \ds [sequences] \dv [views] ...
>
>(the way it's shown now shows what completions are available, but not
>what they mean. Also, both \d and \D should be shown in any case)

This would be OK, but I'd be very happy with DESCRIBE, especially if
tab-completion meant I could type 'DESC<tab>TAB<tab><name>' instead of
'DESCRIBE TABLE <name>'.

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