Re: BUG #19417: '\dD' fails to list user-defined domains that shadow built-in type names (e.g., 'numeric') - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: BUG #19417: '\dD' fails to list user-defined domains that shadow built-in type names (e.g., 'numeric')
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In response to Re: BUG #19417: '\dD' fails to list user-defined domains that shadow built-in type names (e.g., 'numeric')  (yuanchao zhang <zhangyc0706@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM yuanchao zhang <zhangyc0706@gmail.com> wrote:
Alternatively, we could explicitly explain the object display mechanism in the command's help documentation, or there are other ways to avoid this.

There is no bug here.  Discussions on how to improve the documentation do not belong on this mailing list.

If you have a concrete improvement to propose we have a -docs list for such things.  But the system is complex and sometimes requires reading multiple areas to understand how something works.

David J.

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