Re: psql tab completion for SELECT - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: psql tab completion for SELECT
Date
Msg-id 7745.1328855069@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to psql tab completion for SELECT  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: psql tab completion for SELECT  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Re: psql tab completion for SELECT  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> That seems pretty useful, and it's more or less a one-line change, as in
> the attached patch.

That seems pretty nearly entirely bogus.  What is the argument for
supposing that the word right after SELECT is a function name?  I would
think it would be a column name (from who-knows-what table) much more
often.  Also, if it is useful, people will expect it to work in more
places than just the first word after SELECT --- for instance, somebody
who didn't realize what a kluge it was would expect it to also work
right after a top-level comma after SELECT.  Or probably after a left
parenthesis in the SELECT list.  Etc.
        regards, tom lane


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