> If I understand to text on wiki, the name is used for tool, that can do > little bit more things, but it is often used for this technique (so it is > much better than "rotate"). I don't understand well, why "crosstab" is too > wrong name. This is pretty similar to COPY - and I know, so in first minutes > hard to explain this difference between COPY and \copy to beginners, but > after day of using there is not any problem.
I see constant confusion between \copy and COPY. It's a really good reason NOT to overload other psql commands IMO.
but crosstab is one old function from old extension with unfriendly design. When we support PIVOT/UNPIVOT - the crosstab function will be obsolete. It is not often used command.
