2009/12/21 Israel Brewster <israel@frontierflying.com>:
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> On Dec 19, 2009, at 2:59 AM, Filip Rembiałkowski wrote:
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> 2009/12/18 Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com>
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>> Can you define your own commands in PG.
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> In psql, yes:
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> \set sel 'SELECT * FROM'
> :sel clients;
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> \set desc '\\d'
> :desc table
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>> E.g., if users from other DBs use “describe foo” to get the metadata for
>> foo, is there a way I can create a command “describe” to = “\d” ?
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> But what's wrong with "\d"? For me, its like the first thing people learn
> when practicing postgres.
> It is even faster to type than DESCRIBE, right?
>
> Just to put in my 2¢, I write a program that can use a MySQL, PostgreSQL, or
> SQLite database as its backend, depending on user preference. As a result, I
> spend time in all three databases each day. It can get a bit confusing at
> times trying to remember "ok, in this terminal window I need to do a
> 'describe foo', in that one I need to do a '\d foo' and in the third
> '.schema foo'". So being able to simplify that at least somewhat is nice :)
> That said, I'd be just as happy getting MySQL to recognize the \d command as
> I would be getting postgres to recognize describe-perhaps more so.
>
do you know gnome-db console?
http://blogs.gnome.org/vivien/2007/10/25/sql-console/
http://library.gnome.org/devel/libgda/unstable/gda-sql-manual-run.html
regards
Pavel
> IMO, when you will bend postgres to mimick other DBMS, you will hide its
> real power from users.
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