Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > >> Bruce Momjian wrote: > >>>> Here's an updated version of the psql backslash patch that should > >>>> apply cleanly to the current HEAD. To recap, this makes all the \dX > >>>> commands (most importantly to most: \df) work like \dt does, in that it > >>>> requires a \dXS to see system items. See the archives for much more > >>>> discussion on the issue. > >>> Patch applied, thanks. > >> This patch has annoyed me twice in two days now, and similarly with > >> other people I know. Having to type \dfS now is about the worst loss of > >> usability in psql that I can recall. Can we reconsider or revert this? > > > > Well, \dT is even worse. ;-) (How many users have user-defined types?) > > > > The basic goal of the patch was to make 'S' consistent for all \d > > backslash commands, and we had a lot of discussion about it, and many > > people asked for it (I can't find my user functions). It is hard to > > argue that our previous behavior was logical (though perhaps useful). > > Consistency is nice, but I'm used to typing \df pg_foobar() as well. > Could we make plain "\df" list only user functions, but "\df XXX" search > for system functions as well? And the same for all \d* commands, for the > consistency.
That makes sense; let me work on that. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
