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Re: Adding comments to help understand psql hidden queries

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
Cc: Maiquel Grassi <grassi@hotmail.com.br>, David Christensen <david+pg@pgguru.net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-03-23T23:03:41Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> writes:
>> Notably, I didn't like that some of the headers said "table" and some said
>> "relation".  I made them all say "table", although you could certainly
>> argue for the opposite.

> I originally had "table", but then it felt weird in my testing when I was
> describing a sequence or view it said table. So I'm a weak +1 for relation.

My preference for "table" is likewise weak.  Anyone else have an
opinion?

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Add labels to help make psql's hidden queries more understandable.