Hello Stephen, Well, the prefix is used to differentiate other \d commands, like this,
amos=# \ditv List of relations Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table --------+--------------------+--------------+-------+--------- public | i | table | amos | public | ii | index: gist | amos | i public | j | table | amos | public | jj | index: gin | amos | i public | jp | index: btree | amos | i public | js | index: brin | amos | i public | numbers | table | amos | public | numbers_mod2 | index: gin | amos | numbers public | numbers_mod2_btree | index: btree | amos | numbers public | ts | table | amos | (10 rows) regards, Amos Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes: > Greetings, > > * Amos Bird (amosb...@gmail.com) wrote: >> psql currently supports \di+ to view indexes, >> >> List of relations >> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table | Size | Description >> --------+--------------------+-------+-------+---------+--------+------------- >> public | ii | index | amos | i | 131 MB | >> public | jj | index | amos | i | 12 MB | >> public | kk | index | amos | i | 456 kB | >> public | numbers_mod2 | index | amos | numbers | 10 MB | >> public | numbers_mod2_btree | index | amos | numbers | 214 MB | >> (5 rows) >> >> The co >> lumn "Type" is kinda useless (all equals to index). Representing >> the actual index type will be more interesting, > > Agreed. > >> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Table | Size | >> Description >> --------+--------------------+--------------+-------+---------+--------+------------- >> public | ii | index: gist | amos | i | 131 MB | >> public | jj | index: gin | amos | i | 12 MB | >> public | kk | index: btree | amos | i | 456 kB | >> public | numbers_mod2 | index: gin | amos | numbers | 10 MB | >> public | numbers_mod2_btree | index: btree | amos | numbers | 214 MB | >> (5 rows) >> >> I'm not sure where to add documentations about this patch or if needed one. >> Please help >> me if you think this patch is useful. > > I'm not sure why it's useful to keep the 'index:'? I would suggest we > just drop that and keep only the actual index type (gist, gin, etc). > > Thanks! > > Stephen -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers