Re: DWIM mode for psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andreas Karlsson
Subject Re: DWIM mode for psql
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Msg-id a7825506-f887-133e-10ca-5eadc78ae945@proxel.se
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In response to DWIM mode for psql  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: DWIM mode for psql
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On 3/31/19 10:52 PM, Thomas Munro wrote:> Building on the excellent work 
begun by commit e529cd4ffa60, I would
> like to propose a do-what-I-mean mode for psql.  Please find a POC
> patch attached.  It works like this:
> 
> postgres=# select datnaam from pg_database where ooid = 12917;
> ERROR:  column "datnaam" does not exist
> LINE 1: select datnaam from pg_database where ooid = 12917;
>                 ^
> HINT:  Perhaps you meant to reference the column "pg_database.datname".
> postgres=# YES
>   datname
> ----------
>   postgres
> (1 row)

I think it is potentially confusing that YES and NO does not look like 
other psql commands. Let's pick something which is more in line with 
existing commands like \y and \n.

Andreas



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