On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Tom Lane wrote: > 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.
I agree, at least for #2 and #3. But I just don't understand #1. Anything is hard to remember when you're just starting to learn it. But it's still faster to type \? <CR> then \dt than it is to type "show tables". And "show tables" is hard (relatively speaking) for me to remember because I'm used to psql's way of doing things, since I mostly use it. Jon ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
