Re: Autocomplete <TAB> on Postgres7.4beta5 not working?

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Gaetano Mendola <mendola@bigfoot.com>, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Ian Barwick <barwick@gmx.net>
Date: 2003-10-28T22:09:35Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICT there was no discussion about this issue when the patch was
>> proposed and applied.  But now that the point is raised I have to say
>> that I don't like this change.  I don't think system catalogs should be
>> excluded from tab completion.  They never were before 7.4, and I have
>> not seen anyone complaining about that, other than Ian.
>> 
>> Comments anyone?

> No one commented on it so it was applied --- now that we have two people
> who don't like it, seems we should back it out.

Not the whole patch, certainly, since it added a bunch of other good
stuff.  I just want to take out the discrimination against pg_catalog.
(BTW, the code also discriminates against pg_toast, but that part I
don't have a problem with.)

			regards, tom lane