2009/8/26 Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>:
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> The tiny patch attached fixes a long-standing peeve of mine (and at least
> one of my clients'), namely that the target list printed in viewdefs are
> unreadable.
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> example output now looks like this:
>
> regression=# select pg_get_viewdef('shoe',true);
> pg_get_viewdef
> -----------------------------------------------
> SELECT
> sh.shoename,
> sh.sh_avail,
> sh.slcolor,
> sh.slminlen,
> sh.slminlen * un.un_fact AS slminlen_cm,
> sh.slmaxlen,
> sh.slmaxlen * un.un_fact AS slmaxlen_cm,
> sh.slunit
> FROM shoe_data sh, unit un
> WHERE sh.slunit = un.un_name;
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I am not sure - this should by task for client application. But Pg
should have some pretty print function - it is easy implemented there.
Personally, I prefere Celko's notation, it is little bit more compact
SELECT sh.shoename, sh.sh_avail, sh.slcolor, sh.slminlen, sh.slminlen * un.un_fact AS slminlen_cm,
sh.slmaxlen, sh.slmaxlen * un.un_fact AS slmaxlen_cm, sh.slunit FROM shoe_data sh, unit un WHERE sh.slunit
=un.un_name;
but, sure - this is my personal preference.
> Is there any objection?
I thing so default should be unformated with some pretty printing support.
regards
Pavel Stehule
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> cheers
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> andrew
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