Re: SHOW TABLES

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Thom Brown <thombrown(at)gmail(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 16:35:11
Message-ID: 1279211711.1735.13191.camel@ebony
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On Thu, 2010-07-15 at 17:38 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:

> Is there an actual common use-case for having these commands available
> for *non-psql* interfaces?

There are many interfaces out there and people writing new ones
everyday. We just wrote an interface for Android, for example.

It is arguably *more* important to do this from non-psql interfaces.

There should be one command to "display a list of tables" and it needs
to be easily guessable for those who have forgotten.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services

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