Re: Closing some 8.4 open items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Closing some 8.4 open items
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Msg-id 200904111934.n3BJYV925458@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Closing some 8.4 open items  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: Closing some 8.4 open items  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Re: Closing some 8.4 open items  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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David Fetter wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 03:12:39PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> > > Tom, It fits into 80 columns if you don't have any functions with
> > > 11 parameters.  ;-)
> > 
> > Well, yeah, but in typical cases I think it fits.  A look at the
> > current regression database shows all but 6 of 117 functions
> > fitting.  With another ten characters eaten by a new column, a lot
> > more of them would wrap.
> > 
> > > Actually, I'm thinking the new column ought to be called "type".
> > 
> > Yes, that's what I had in mind too.
> 
> Excellent idea.  I just plain don't believe that there's anything
> process-critical and automated that depends on \da, although we could
> have it rewritten as an alias for convenience.

I assume the 'type' column will identify triggers, i/o functions
(cstring), window functions, and maybe aggregates too;  this solves
several problems at once.

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