Re: psql \d option list overloaded - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: psql \d option list overloaded
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Msg-id 878ykf4q13.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: psql \d option list overloaded  (Dennis Björklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
Responses Re: psql \d option list overloaded  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Dennis Björklund <db@zigo.dhs.org> writes:

> I would rather have long commands so one can write
> 
> \describe_table foo

I would think it would be better to keep everything under a single command and
have a 1-1 correspondence to \d. Ie, just add a long form syntax following the
existing \d. \d would become just an obvious set of abbreviations. 

So for example:

\describe table foo => \dt foo
\describe index foo => \di foo
\describe aggregate foo => \da foo
\describe operator foo => \do foo

...

-- 
greg



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