> > I tend to agree that we should not change the code to make "select tab"
> > work, on the grounds of error-proneness.
>
> OK, here is another patch that does this:
>
> test=> select test from test;
> test
> ------
> 1
> (1 row)
I object also. It is not a feature, and it might stand in the way of a future interpretation.
What does it buy you except saving the 2 chars '.*' ? Imho it is far from obvious behavior.
Andreas