Hello Stephen,
Well, the prefix is used to differentiate other \d commands, like
this,
amos=# \ditv List of relationsSchema | Name | Type | Owner | Table
--------+--------------------+--------------+-------+---------public | i | table | amos
|public| ii | index: gist | amos | ipublic | j | table | amos |public | jj
| index: gin | amos | ipublic | jp | index: btree | amos | ipublic | js
| index: brin | amos | ipublic | numbers | table | amos |public | numbers_mod2 | index: gin
| amos | numberspublic | numbers_mod2_btree | index: btree | amos | numberspublic | ts | table
|amos |
(10 rows)
regards,
Amos
Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> Greetings,
>
> * Amos Bird (amosbird@gmail.com) wrote:
>> psql currently supports \di+ to view indexes,
>>
>> List of relations
>> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table | Size | Description
>> --------+--------------------+-------+-------+---------+--------+-------------
>> public | ii | index | amos | i | 131 MB |
>> public | jj | index | amos | i | 12 MB |
>> public | kk | index | amos | i | 456 kB |
>> public | numbers_mod2 | index | amos | numbers | 10 MB |
>> public | numbers_mod2_btree | index | amos | numbers | 214 MB |
>> (5 rows)
>>
>> The co
>> lumn "Type" is kinda useless (all equals to index). Representing
>> the actual index type will be more interesting,
>
> Agreed.
>
>> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table | Size | Description
>> --------+--------------------+--------------+-------+---------+--------+-------------
>> public | ii | index: gist | amos | i | 131 MB |
>> public | jj | index: gin | amos | i | 12 MB |
>> public | kk | index: btree | amos | i | 456 kB |
>> public | numbers_mod2 | index: gin | amos | numbers | 10 MB |
>> public | numbers_mod2_btree | index: btree | amos | numbers | 214 MB |
>> (5 rows)
>>
>> I'm not sure where to add documentations about this patch or if needed one. Please help
>> me if you think this patch is useful.
>
> I'm not sure why it's useful to keep the 'index:'? I would suggest we
> just drop that and keep only the actual index type (gist, gin, etc).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Stephen
