On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 10:54:07PM +0100, Vik Fearing wrote: > On 01/27/2018 05:39 PM, David Fetter wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 04:28:24PM +0100, Vik Fearing wrote: > >> On 01/26/2018 03:49 PM, David Fetter wrote: > >>> I propose that we do what at least MySQL, Oracle, and DB2 do and > >>> implement DESCRIBE as its own command. > >> Hard pass. > > > > Would you be so kind as to expand on this? "Pass" might indicate a > > lack of interest in doing the work, but "hard pass" seems to indicate > > that you have reasons the work should not be done. Have I interpreted > > this correctly? > > Andreas said it quite well. I don't like having client commands look > like server commands. I don't mind exceptions for "help" and "quit", > but I see no reason for anything more.
I did not propose a client command mimicking a server command. I thought I made that clear by mentioning that the \ commands are unavailable to clients other than psql, and offering an alternative. What I propose is in fact a server command, which at least three of the other popular RDBMSs already have. Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
