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Re: MySQL-ism help patch for psql

Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>

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From: Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>
To: Rob Wultsch <wultsch@gmail.com>
Cc: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>, David Christensen <david@endpoint.com>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>, Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2010-01-20T01:54:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 20/01/2010 6:31 AM, Rob Wultsch wrote:

> As a MySQL DBA the commands I think are most useful are:
> show databases (please punt this, most MySQL dba's that I have worked
> with will need to consider the difference between a db and a schema)
> use database (please punt)

So perhaps for SHOW DATABASES the help should suggest:

"
   \l   - list databases; or
   \dn  - list schema
"

?

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Craig Ringer