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



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