Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So for example:
> \describe table foo => \dt foo
> \describe index foo => \di foo
> \describe aggregate foo => \da foo
> \describe operator foo => \do foo
It doesn't seem to me that this buys much except verboseness, though.
ISTM there are three fundamental problems with \d and friends:
1. Some people have a hard time remembering the commands.
2. Some people aren't using psql.
3. psql keeps breaking across backend versions because the
needed commands change.
I don't see a lot of value in addressing just one of these problem
areas, when we could instead do something that addresses all three.
regards, tom lane
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