| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: SHOW TABLES |
| Date: | 2010-07-15 15:50:31 |
| Message-ID: | 1279209031.30528.19.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com |
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On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 17:38 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Looks like the last time this was discussed, there wasn't any clear
> > conclusion. Someone created a patch and it's still on the TODO list:
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2010-01/msg01845.php
>
> That one is about:
> a) doing it in psql., not the backend
> b) not actually implementing the command, but implementing hints for
> the user telling them which is the correct command
>
> Is there an actual common use-case for having these commands available
> for *non-psql* interfaces?
Yes. We should provide a single, well described grammar for interacting
with objects in the database regardless of client. I should be able to
open ANY SQL terminal, and type SHOW ME THE MONEY and have Benjamins
fall out.
(O.k. I will take Euros too).
JD
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