Re: psql 7.2.1: \d (alone) missing from \? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Oh, then the cleanup of putting [NAME] in brackets was done post-7.2.X.
I remember that now, yes.  Fix will be in 7.3.

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Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
>
> >   Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> >   >
> >   > This problem is so simple, the subject pretty much says it all.  For
> >   > the sake of completeness, I'm running PostgreSQL 7.2.1 as supplied by
> >   > RedHat in their 7.3 release for i386.  This bug report pertains only
> >   > to the psql front end.
> >   >
> >   > The command
> >   >
> >   > \d
> >   >
> >   > all by itself (with no arguments) lists all relations along with the
> >   > type and owner.  This fact is, however, not mentioned in the help
> >   > message you get with \?, which lists loads of other things you can
> >   > with \d but forgets to mention \d all by itself.
> >
> >   I see it in psql 7.2.1 with \?:
> >
> >       \d [NAME]      describe table (or view, index, sequence)
> >
> >   Don't you have that line?
>
> No.  I have
>
>  \d TABLE       describe table (or view, index, sequence)
>
> but it gives no indication that TABLE is optional or of what happens
> if you omit it.  Here's the output of my \?.
>
> -----------
>
>  \a             toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode
>  \c[onnect] [DBNAME|- [USER]]
>                 connect to new database (currently "acb2002")
>  \C TITLE       set table title
>  \cd [DIRNAME]  change the current working directory
>  \copy ...      perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client host
>  \copyright     show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms
>  \d TABLE       describe table (or view, index, sequence)
>  \d{t|i|s|v}... list tables/indexes/sequences/views
>  \d{p|S|l}      list access privileges, system tables, or large objects
>  \da            list aggregate functions
>  \dd NAME       show comment for table, type, function, or operator
>  \df            list functions
>  \do            list operators
>  \dT            list data types
>  \e FILENAME    edit the current query buffer or file with external editor
>  \echo TEXT     write text to standard output
>  \encoding ENCODING  set client encoding
>  \f STRING      set field separator
>  \g FILENAME    send SQL command to server (and write results to file or |pipe)
>  \h NAME        help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands
>  \H             toggle HTML output mode (currently off)
>  \i FILENAME    execute commands from file
>  \l             list all databases
>  \lo_export, \lo_import, \lo_list, \lo_unlink
>                 large object operations
>  \o FILENAME    send all query results to file or |pipe
>  \p             show the content of the current query buffer
>  \pset VAR      set table output option (VAR := {format|border|expanded|
>                 fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})
>  \q             quit psql
>  \qecho TEXT    write text to query output stream (see \o)
>  \r             reset (clear) the query buffer
>  \s FILENAME    print history or save it to file
>  \set NAME VALUE  set internal variable
>  \t             show only rows (currently off)
>  \T TEXT        set HTML table tag attributes
>  \unset NAME    unset (delete) internal variable
>  \w FILENAME    write current query buffer to file
>  \x             toggle expanded output (currently off)
>  \z             list table access privileges
>  \! [COMMAND]   execute command in shell or start interactive shell
>
> -----------
>
> --
> Jay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>
> http://www.ql.org/q/
>

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