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Re: psql \d option list overloaded

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2004-01-11T01:07:25Z
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Tom Lane wrote:
> 	2. Some people aren't using psql.

I don't see why this is an issue.  People not using psql are either 
using a GUI, which presumably supports plenty of "show" and "describe" 
functionality, or they're writing their own program, in which case it 
doesn't really matter how short or easy to remember the commands are.