Re: [BUGS] Autocomplete on Postgres7.4beta5 not working? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUGS] Autocomplete on Postgres7.4beta5 not working?
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Msg-id 28772.1067378975@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [BUGS] Autocomplete on Postgres7.4beta5 not working?  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICT there was no discussion about this issue when the patch was
>> proposed and applied.  But now that the point is raised I have to say
>> that I don't like this change.  I don't think system catalogs should be
>> excluded from tab completion.  They never were before 7.4, and I have
>> not seen anyone complaining about that, other than Ian.
>> 
>> Comments anyone?

> No one commented on it so it was applied --- now that we have two people
> who don't like it, seems we should back it out.

Not the whole patch, certainly, since it added a bunch of other good
stuff.  I just want to take out the discrimination against pg_catalog.
(BTW, the code also discriminates against pg_toast, but that part I
don't have a problem with.)
        regards, tom lane


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