On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 12:29 PM Hamid Akhtar <hamid.akh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "\dE" displays the list with a "List of relations" heading whereas "\det" > displays "List of foreign tables". So, to differentiate the two, I suggest > to change the help message for "\dE" to: > > \dE[S+] [PATTERN] list foreign relations > > One could argue that both essentially mean the same thing, however, > considering "\dE+" also outputs size, it makes sense IMHO to make this > change (as PG documentation: relation is essentially a mathematical term > for table). Attached is the patch that makes this change. > help.c and the documentation need to be synchronized a bit more than this single issue. Calling it "foreign relation" for \dE and "foreign table" for \det does convey that there is a difference - not sure it a huge improvement though. The "\d[Eimstv]" family of meta-commands should, in the help, probably be moved together to show the fact that they are basically "list relation names [of this type only]" while "\det" is "list foreign table info". David J.
