Re: proposal - psql: possibility to specify sort for describe commands, when size is printed

Hi

2017-02-23 12:17 GMT+01:00 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> Hi
>
> Currently is not possible to control sort columns for \d* commands.
> Usually schema and table name is used. Really often task is collect the
> most big objects in database. "\dt+, \di+" shows necessary information, but
> not in practical order.
>
> Instead introduction some additional flags to backslash commands, I
> propose a special psql variable that can be used for specification of order
> used when some plus command is used.
>
> some like
>
> set EXTENDED_DESCRIBE_SORT size_desc
> \dt+
> \l+
> \di+
>
> Possible variants: schema_table, table_schema, size_desc, size_asc
>
> Comments, notes?
>

here is a patch

Regards

Pavel

>
> Regards
>
> Pavel
>