Re: psql \d option list overloaded

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> So for example:

> \describe table foo => \dt foo
> \describe index foo => \di foo
> \describe aggregate foo => \da foo
> \describe operator foo => \do foo

It doesn't seem to me that this buys much except verboseness, though.

ISTM there are three fundamental problems with \d and friends:

	1. Some people have a hard time remembering the commands.
	2. Some people aren't using psql.
	3. psql keeps breaking across backend versions because the
	   needed commands change.

I don't see a lot of value in addressing just one of these problem
areas, when we could instead do something that addresses all three.

			regards, tom lane