Re: inquiry on readline functionality on psql client

Carlo Florendo wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I appreciate very much the readline functionality on the psql client.
> However, I'd like to ask if it is possible for the readline
> functionality to gobble up even table names and field names:
>
> For example, if have tables
>
> `table1' with 3 fields `field1', 'field2', and `field3'
>
> and
>
> `table2' with 3 fields `field1', 'field2', and `field3',
>
> Is it possible to do
>
> select <tab> # then, after tabbing I select `table1'
>
> then
>
> select table1.<tab> # then, after tabbing I select field2
>
> Thus, I would have the complete statment
>
> `select table1.field2 from table1'
>
> Well, the above statement is equivalent to
>
> `select field1 from table1'

Sorry, the above sql shoud read `select field2 from table1'

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Carlo

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Carlo Florendo
Astra Philippines Inc.
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