Re: Have \d show child tables that inherit from the specified parent - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Have \d show child tables that inherit from the specified parent
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Msg-id 4d204a921e6eba094ac51cdb67ba351a@biglumber.com
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In response to Re: Have \d show child tables that inherit from the specified parent  (damien clochard <damien@dalibo.info>)
Responses Re: Have \d show child tables that inherit from the specified parent  ("damien@dalibo.info" <damien@dalibo.info>)
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> That being said i recognize that people who have dozens of child tables
> might get annoyed by this patch.

Dozens is on the low end: there are often a dozen dozen or more.

> Here's 3 ideas that could make things better :
>
> 1- When using \d , only show the numbers of child tables
>
> 2- Only display the list of child table when \d+ is used. (mode ???)

I like these two ideas

> 3- Display the child table names in line, instead of one line per table.

No, this would be wrong. Please keep them one per line, and sort them
by name.

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com
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