Changeset: ed475afc2e54 for MonetDB URL: http://dev.monetdb.org/hg/MonetDB?cmd=changeset;node=ed475afc2e54 Modified Files: clients/src/mapiclient/mclient.1 Branch: default Log Message:
document extended \d command diffs (42 lines): diff -r d723e3582935 -r ed475afc2e54 clients/src/mapiclient/mclient.1 --- a/clients/src/mapiclient/mclient.1 Wed Dec 08 18:03:22 2010 +0100 +++ b/clients/src/mapiclient/mclient.1 Thu Dec 09 11:41:48 2010 +0100 @@ -346,17 +346,29 @@ .IR table . .TP \fB\ed\fP -Describe (dump the SQL schema of) the complete database. -This is equivalent to using the program -.IR msqldump (1) -with the -.B \-\-describe -.RB ( \-D ) -option. +Alias for \\dvt. .TP -\fB\ed\fP \fItable\fP +\fB\ed[Stvsfn]+\fP +List database objects of the given type. Multiple type specifiers can +be used at the same time. The specifiers \fIS\fP, \fIt\fP, \fIv\fP, +\fIs\fP, \fIf\fP and \fIn\fP stand for System, table, view, sequence, +function and schema respectively. Note that \fIS\fP simply switches on +viewing system catalog objects, which is orthogonal on the other +specifiers. +.TP +\fB\ed[Stvsfn]+\fP \fIobject\fP Describe the given -.IR table . +.I object +in the database using SQL statements that reconstruct the object. The +same specifiers as above can be used, following the same rules. When no +specifiers are given, \fBvt\fP is assumed. +The object can be given with or without a schema, separated by a dot. +The object name +can contain the wildcard characters \fB*\fP and \fB_\fP that represent +zero or more, and exactly a single character respectively. An object +name is converted to lowercase, unless the object name is quoted by +double quotes (\fB"\fP). Examples of this, are e.g. \fI*.mytable\fP or +\fItabletype*\fP. .TP \fB\eA\fP Enable auto commit mode. _______________________________________________ Checkin-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.monetdb.org/mailman/listinfo/checkin-list
