Re: [BUGS] Autocomplete <TAB> on Postgres7.4beta5 not working?

Tom Lane wrote:

>Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com> writes:
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>>I'm esperiencing problem with the <TAB> autocomplete on
>>postgres 7.4beta5:
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>>#select * from pg_l<TAB><TAB>
>>and no suggestions out.
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>This appears to have been a deliberate change:
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>2003-03-27 11:45  momjian
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>	* src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c: Attached are two patches for psql's
>	tab-completion.c.
>        [snip]
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>	Note that tables, indexes, views and sequences relations in the
>	'pg_catalog' namespace are excluded even though they are in the
>	current search path. I found not doing this produced annoying
>	behaviour when expanding names beginning with 'p'. People who work
>	with system tables a lot may not like this though; I can look for
>	another solution if necessary.
>	
>	Ian Barwick
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>AFAICT there was no discussion about this issue when the patch was
>proposed and applied.  But now that the point is raised I have to say
>that I don't like this change.  I don't think system catalogs should be
>excluded from tab completion.  They never were before 7.4, and I have
>not seen anyone complaining about that, other than Ian.
>
>Comments anyone?
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Might be better to:

1. make it a settable option

and/or

2. include catalog objects in expansion iff we are expanding "pg_" + 
optional suffix (probably best of both worlds).

I rarely use completion in this way so I could be an unrepresentative 
user, though :-)

cheers

andrew