Re: [patch] Proposal for \rotate in psql

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>
Cc: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [patch] Proposal for \rotate in psql
Date: 2015-09-18 11:48:20
Message-ID: CAFj8pRBcJCurEYGx7s+6xjFHb64FHehxZihX-Vf9D6whPKWWFA@mail.gmail.com
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2015-09-18 13:36 GMT+02:00 Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>:

> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>
> > in the help inside your last patch, you are using "crosstab". Cannto be
> > crosstab the name for this feature?
>
> If it wasn't taken already by contrib/tablefunc, that would be a first
> choice. But now, when searching for crosstab+postgresql, pages of
> results come out concerning the crosstab() function.
>
> So not using \crosstab is deliberate; it's to prevent confusion with
> the server-side function.
>

I don't afraid about this - crosstab is a function in extension. Psql
backslash commands living in different worlds. When we introduce new
command, then google will adapt on it.

For this use case the correct keywords are "crosstab psql postgres"

Regards

Pavel

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