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Re: SHOW ALL output too wide


  • From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
  • Cc: Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: SHOW ALL output too wide
  • Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 18:16:05 -0500
  • Message-id: <20148(dot)1133046965(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
>> My motivation is only for the good of postgresql. If the majority want
>> something else then that's what should happen (of course). I'm just 
>> stating my view, nothing less and nothing more.

> I am surprised we have not gotten more comments about it.  I personally
> like the VERBOSE idea myself, but others didn't, so what we have now was
> the consensus.

Personally I'd vote for losing the description, ie, revert SHOW ALL to
the way it was in 8.0 (and never mind the VERBOSE option, either).
I don't find the descriptions to be a helpful addition.

			regards, tom lane



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