Re: Tab completion for TABLESAMPLE - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Petr Jelinek
Subject Re: Tab completion for TABLESAMPLE
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Msg-id 5583F75B.3020904@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: Tab completion for TABLESAMPLE  (Brendan Jurd <direvus@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Tab completion for TABLESAMPLE
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On 2015-06-19 09:08, Brendan Jurd wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jun 2015 at 20:44 Petr Jelinek <petr@2ndquadrant.com
> <mailto:petr@2ndquadrant.com>> wrote:
>
>     looks like I omitted psql tab completion from the TABLESAMPLE patch. The
>     attached patch adds it.
>
>
> Hi Petr,
>
> I'm doing an initial review of this patch.

Thanks

>
> With the patch applied, psql correctly offers a list of existing
> tablesample methods for completion whenever the previous word is
> 'TABLESAMPLE'.  I did notice that the syntax of the TABLESAMPLE clause
> requires brackets after the method name, but the tab completion does not
> complete the opening bracket.  Whereas, say, ALTER FUNCTION does.  I
> think it would be convenient and user-friendly to complete the opening
> bracket -- it would make it perfectly clear that an argument is required
> for the syntax to be valid.
>

Agreed, here is updated version which does that.

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