Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> andrew=# create table ab$cd$ef (ef$cd$ab text);
> CREATE TABLE
> andrew=# \d ab$cd$ef
> Did not find any relation named "ab$cd$ef".
Hmph. I always thought that "$" was only special at the end of a regex,
but that doesn't seem to be how our implementation treats it. Anyway
this is not a bug, it is a feature: the argument of \d is a regex.
regards, tom lane
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TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
joining column's datatypes do not match
