Re: Command tags in create/drop scripts - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Command tags in create/drop scripts
Date
Msg-id 200706011823.l51INcf00825@momjian.us
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In response to Command tags in create/drop scripts  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The messages output by the "scripts" always seemed unnecessary to me, e.g.,
> 
> $ createdb foo
> CREATE DATABASE
> 
> A Unix program (hi Magnus) shouldn't need to say anything if the requested 
> action succeeded.
> 
> I believe the history of this output is actually that these scripts simply 
> used to call psql and no one really questioned why the output should be this 
> way.  There are also some inconsistencies, e.g., createlang doesn't output 
> anything, and createuser outputs CREATE ROLE.
> 
> I would just remove all this, but I suppose this will be controversial?

Removal of the tags is fine with me.

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