Re: psql UPDATE field [tab] expands to DEFAULT? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ken Tanzer
Subject Re: psql UPDATE field [tab] expands to DEFAULT?
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Msg-id CAD3a31Vh2DDAthHCOZ0H_-PpXYqtjUtLuHOzRnKYULONDn-eew@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: psql UPDATE field [tab] expands to DEFAULT?  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 4:24 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com> wrote:
On 6/17/19 3:03 PM, Ken Tanzer wrote:
>
> So I'm curious if this is intended behavior, if it's considered useful,
> and/or if it's a placeholder for something in the future that will be
> useful.  Also, is this new, as I've never noticed it before?

Not sure how long that has been around.

My cheat for dealing with many/long column names is:


Thanks Adrian, though I wasn't really seeking tips for column names.  I was instead trying to understand whether this particular tab expansion was intentional and considered useful, and if so what that usefulness was, because it's rather escaping me!

Cheers,
Ken


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