Re: bugfix: --echo-hidden is not supported by \sf statements - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: bugfix: --echo-hidden is not supported by \sf statements
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Msg-id CAFj8pRCYSbcPQ-f50uvKRvcZUC0dEuDXLaHxD3CWT_PpXBPucA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: bugfix: --echo-hidden is not supported by \sf statements  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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2013/2/27 Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>:
> * Pavel Stehule (pavel.stehule@gmail.com) wrote:
>> autocomplete send a SQL query in every iteration to server - so it is
>> not any new overhead. And if we should to write some smarted routine,
>> then I prefer server side due better reusability and better exception
>> processing than psql environment - and a possibility of access to
>> system caches and auxiliary functions for arguments processing. This
>> routine can be smart enough to support autocomplete and unique
>> identification without needless exceptions - and then psql behave can
>> be more smooth and consistent.
>
> We already have it and it works quite well from my POV.  I don't think
> we need to over-engineer this.

I don't agree so it works well - you cannot use short type names is
significant issue

Pavel

>
>         Thanks,
>
>                 Stephen



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