I was really busy with work last week, so I didn't get around to thanking you, depesz. Setting d is a clever trick which hadn't occurred to me, and it has indeed made things nicer for me.
I do think it would be a good thing to actually change in psql nevertheless, since I think the suggested behavior is better most of the time, especially if all or most of your tables have sequences. The built-in ability to work around it (to a good approximation of the desired behavior) certainly does diminish the importance of the issue, though such a solution won't be obvious to most people.
Again, though, my thanks. This has been like a rough spot on the handle of a tool: trivial for occasional use, prone to raise a blister over thousands of repetitions.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:17:16AM -0500, Raymond Brinzer wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> There is (for me) a small speed bump in psql. I think it's worth
> mentioning, minor though it is, because psql is such a polished tool
> generally, and because it's something which affects me many, many times a
> day.
>
> As it is, \d is a shortcut for \dtmvs. What I actually want to see, on a
> regular basis, are my relations: \dtmv. Most of the time, the sequences
> are clutter. If my habits are like most people's in this (and I suspect
> they are), excluding sequences from \d would optimize for the common case.
Perhaps just add this yourself?
\set d '\\dtmv'
and then
:d
or just bind \dtmv to some key like f1 or something like this?
Best regards,
depesz
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