>> I have some patches contributed by a user corresponding to one of our
>> TODO list:
>>
>> * Add version number in startup banners for psql and postmaster
>>
>> (actually the patches only add banners to psql, not to postmaster)
>>
>> Also these include tiny fixes to psql. Do I have any chance to apply
>> them for 6.5beta?
>
>How will this affect user scripts that use psql?
Nothing except new option "-E" which shows actual queries issued by
some \ commands (Example session follows). Sorry, I forgot to mention
about it. I believe this will greatly reduce beginners questions: "How
can I list tables in my database?":-)
./psql -E regression Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql
monitor: Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
[PostgreSQL 6.5.0 on i386-unknown-freebsd2.2.6, compiled by gcc 2.7.2.]
type \? for help on slash commands type \q to quit type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute queryYou are
currentlyconnected to the database: regression
regression=> \d
QUERY: SELECT usename, relname, relkind, relhasrules FROM pg_class, pg_user WHERE ( relkind = 'r' OR relkind = 'i' OR
relkind= 'S') and relname !~ '^pg_' and usesysid = relowner ORDER BY relname
Database = regression+------------------+----------------------------------+----------+| Owner |
Relation | Type |+------------------+----------------------------------+----------+| t-ishii
|a_star | table || t-ishii | abstime_tbl | table |
[snip]
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Tatsuo Ishii
