Re: small psql patch - show Schema name for \dt \dv \dS - Mailing list pgsql-patches

I just added pg_stat_get_backend_mypid() that returns the pid.  Does
that help you?

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Joe Conway wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > It seems rather odd and confusing that the sort order takes the second
> > column as the major key.
>
> Maybe I'm a rather odd and confused kind of guy ;-)
>
> > I think that the sort ordering should be
> > column 1 then 2.  That means either putting the schema column first,
> > or keeping this column ordering and sorting on relname before schema.
> > I lean towards the first choice but can see a case for the second.
>
> Here's another small patch, to implement Tom's first choice above. I
> looked at re-adding your own "pg_temp_n" schema back into the results.
> But I don't see a way to determine your own BackendId unless we add a
> builtin function to expose MyBackendId as a user callable function.
> Should we do this, or did I just miss something?
>
> If there are no objections, please apply.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe

> Index: src/bin/psql/describe.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /opt/src/cvs/pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.56
> diff -c -r1.56 describe.c
> *** src/bin/psql/describe.c    20 Jul 2002 05:57:31 -0000    1.56
> --- src/bin/psql/describe.c    20 Jul 2002 20:57:16 -0000
> ***************
> *** 1021,1031 ****
>       initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
>
>       printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
> !              "SELECT c.relname as \"%s\",\n"
> !              "  n.nspname as \"%s\",\n"
>                "  CASE c.relkind WHEN 'r' THEN '%s' WHEN 'v' THEN '%s' WHEN 'i' THEN '%s' WHEN 'S' THEN '%s' WHEN 's'
THEN'%s' END as \"%s\",\n" 
>                "  u.usename as \"%s\"",
> !              _("Name"), _("Schema"), _("table"), _("view"), _("index"), _("sequence"),
>                _("special"), _("Type"), _("Owner"));
>
>       if (desc)
> --- 1021,1031 ----
>       initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
>
>       printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
> !              "SELECT n.nspname as \"%s\",\n"
> !              "  c.relname as \"%s\",\n"
>                "  CASE c.relkind WHEN 'r' THEN '%s' WHEN 'v' THEN '%s' WHEN 'i' THEN '%s' WHEN 'S' THEN '%s' WHEN 's'
THEN'%s' END as \"%s\",\n" 
>                "  u.usename as \"%s\"",
> !              _("Schema"), _("Name"), _("table"), _("view"), _("index"), _("sequence"),
>                _("special"), _("Type"), _("Owner"));
>
>       if (desc)
> ***************
> *** 1068,1074 ****
>       if (name)
>           appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, "  AND c.relname ~ '^%s'\n", name);
>
> !     appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, "ORDER BY 2,1;");
>
>       res = PSQLexec(buf.data);
>       termPQExpBuffer(&buf);
> --- 1068,1074 ----
>       if (name)
>           appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, "  AND c.relname ~ '^%s'\n", name);
>
> !     appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, "ORDER BY 1,2;");
>
>       res = PSQLexec(buf.data);
>       termPQExpBuffer(&buf);

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