Re: Suggest adding reference to pg_db_role_setting in chapter 18; expand catalog page

On 1/17/15 1:08 AM, David Johnston wrote:
> ​Attached is a patch that provides a link to the catalog page for
> pg_db_role_settings from config.sgml. It also updates said catalog page
> to mention that the data from this catalog is available via psql \drds
> and also provides a query that will explode the setconfig column into
> its component parts - which \drds does not do.

I don't like different parts of the system fighting each other about
what is better. If the exploded view is better, then we should change
\drds to show it.

> I am imagine there might be a reason that the catalog pages do not
> reference the relevant psql meta-commands, or provide human-friendly
> examples, but I cannot think of what that might be and so here I provide.

The catalog descriptions are in the "internals" part, so you'd only
arrive there if you know what you are doing. If you want to learn about
user-facing tools such as psql or pgadmin, they have their own
documentation.