On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 18:02 +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > > I have to agree with Simon here. \d is ridiculous for the common user. > > > > SHOW TABLES, SHOW COLUMNS makes a lot of sense. Just has something like > > DESCRIBE TABLE foo makes a lot more sense than \d. > > > > And would you add the complete syntax? I mean: > > SHOW [OPEN] TABLES [FROM db_name] [LIKE 'pattern'] > > I'm wondering what one can do with the [FROM db_name] clause :)
Well I hadn't thought it out fully. I was just shutting down somebody elses idea that the feature had no legs. Which is obviously, not true. Let the discussion bloom :D JD -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
