Re: psql \d option list overloaded

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

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: "Alex J. Avriette" <alex@posixnap.net>
Cc: "D. Dante Lorenso" <dante@lorenso.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2004-01-06T05:04:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Alex J. Avriette wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 07:59:02PM -0600, D. Dante Lorenso wrote:
> 
> > Anything other than simple, short commands is a waste, IMHO.  I can easily
> > remember SHOW DATABASES and SHOW TABLES and DESC <table>, because they 
> > reflect
> > my intensions directly and 'make sense'.
> 
> What makes sense to me in csh doesn't make sense in a bourne shell.
> You can't expect all applications to work correctly. I'd like to second
> Peter's "yep" when asked if he could remember all the various \d*
> commands. It really comes down to whether you're trying. New software
> (even though you may have been using it for a year) requires some
> adjustment.

OK, I will drop the idea.  Thanks.

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