Re: Psql 9.4 with server 9.4 doesn't auto complete table names

On 01/26/2015 12:29 PM, amihay gonen wrote:
> I've use this link
> http://tecadmin.net/install-postgresql-server-on-ubuntu/ it bascily
> offical postgres repo.

Well if you followed the above exactly, I do not see where it downloads
postgresql-client, which provides psql. Best guess is you are using the
9.1 version of psql to connect to a 9.4 server. I would apt-get install
postgresql-client and see if that helps.

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> On Mon Jan 26 2015 at 6:51:52 PM John McKown
> <john(dot)archie(dot)mckown(at)gmail(dot)com <mailto:john(dot)archie(dot)mckown(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
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> How did you install it? Did you configure and compile it yourself,
> locally? If so, what did your ./configure look like? If not, how did
> you do it? Perhaps it was configured with the --without-readline
> switch set. I found that, on 9.3.5, that if I start psql normally
> (no switches), then a <tab> does the table completion (as normal).
> But if I do "psql -n" to turn off readline, then a <tab> just puts
> in a tab. I hope this might be of some help, though I don't really
> see how.
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> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:21 AM, amihay gonen <agonenil(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:agonenil(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
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> Hi on 9.1 the psql did auto complete for tables. I've
> removed 9.1 and installed 9.4 and the auto complete doesn't work.
>
> Any idea what I need to check?
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