Re: psql UPDATE field [tab] expands to DEFAULT?

From: Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
Cc: PG-General Mailing List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql UPDATE field [tab] expands to DEFAULT?
Date: 2019-06-17 23:33:44
Message-ID: CAD3a31Vh2DDAthHCOZ0H_-PpXYqtjUtLuHOzRnKYULONDn-eew@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 4:24 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 6/17/19 3:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
> >
> > So I'm curious if this is intended behavior, if it's considered useful,
> > and/or if it's a placeholder for something in the future that will be
> > useful. Also, is this new, as I've never noticed it before?
>
> Not sure how long that has been around.
>
> My cheat for dealing with many/long column names is:
>
>
Thanks Adrian, though I wasn't really seeking tips for column names. I was
instead trying to understand whether this particular tab expansion was
intentional and considered useful, and if so what that usefulness was,
because it's rather escaping me!

Cheers,
Ken

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