Re: psql tab completion for SELECT

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@depesz.com>
Date: 2012-02-10T06:24:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> That seems pretty useful, and it's more or less a one-line change, as in
> the attached patch.

That seems pretty nearly entirely bogus.  What is the argument for
supposing that the word right after SELECT is a function name?  I would
think it would be a column name (from who-knows-what table) much more
often.  Also, if it is useful, people will expect it to work in more
places than just the first word after SELECT --- for instance, somebody
who didn't realize what a kluge it was would expect it to also work
right after a top-level comma after SELECT.  Or probably after a left
parenthesis in the SELECT list.  Etc.

			regards, tom lane