Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
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Msg-id 603c8f070901160956p5f2ad369u8f82a0aceb120b5c@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: FWD: Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> One issue here is that plain \d gets less useful because it'll now
> include system catalogs.  We could add the additional rule that
> the above statements apply only when a pattern is specified, and
> without a pattern you get just user stuff (so omitting a pattern
> corresponds to pattern "*" with the U modifier, not just "*").
> This would probably make it a bit easier to have exactly the same
> rules across the board.

Changing the scope of the search on the basis of whether or not a
pattern is present strikes me as a terrible idea.  It's confusing and
unlikely to make anyone happy.

...Robert


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