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Re: [HACKERS] psql \d command

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: jose@sferacarta.com (Jose' Soares)
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-12-11T16:38:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> Hi all,
> 
> I see now \d shows indexes, I tried to display index structure but it
> show the wrong
> length of fields:
> 
> Table    = figure
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> |              Field               |              Type                |
> Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | azienda                          | char() not null                 
> |    11 |
> | tipo                             | char() not null                 
> |     2 |
> | gruppo                           | char() not null                 
> |     2 |
> | inizio_attivita                  | date not null                   
> |     4 |
> | fine_attivita                    | date                            
> |     4 |
> | codice_figura                    | char() not null                 
> |    11 |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> Index:    figure_pkey
> hygea=> \d figure_pkey
> 
> Table    = figure_pkey
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> |              Field               |              Type                |
> Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> it should be:
> | azienda                          | char()                          
> |    -4 |<<-- 11
> | tipo                             | char()                          
> |    -4 |<<-- 02
> | gruppo                           | char()                          
> |    -4 |<<-- 02
> | inizio_attivita                  | date                            
> |     4 |<<-- 04
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+

Added to TODO:

	* psql \d on index with char()/varchar() fields shows improper length

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