Re: psql \d option list overloaded

Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>

From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: "D. Dante Lorenso" <dante@lorenso.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>
Date: 2004-01-04T07:22:10Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Couldn't agree more - syntax like

SHOW TABLES;

is inituitive and somehow "right" - [chuckles] - Mysql does not have 
*everything* wrong!

regards

Mark

Bruce Momjian wrote:

>I like the idea of adding a new syntax to show that information using
>simple SQL command syntax, and putting it in the backend so all
>applications can access it.  I know we have information schema, and
>maybe that can be used to make this simpler.
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