The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 2177 Logged by: Giles Morant Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.1.1 Operating system: Linux (Gentoo) Description: (minor:) pgsql: Trailing semicolon on \d treated as argument Details:
When describing tables/view/indexes using \d, a semi-colon is optional: e.g. \d users; or: \d users Both give the same (correct) results. However, if there is a space between "users" and the semi-colon, the semi-colon is then treated as an argument and this occurs: \d users ; <cut lots of table info> \d: extra argument ";" ignored The semi-colon should be ignored silently, in my view- "SELECT 1+2 ;" for example doesn't raise an alert. I searched the mailing lists to find a previous report of this very minor bug; the closest I found was some discussion in 2001 of stripping semi-colons from the end of such strings but the discussion seemed to stop with no resolution. http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2001-09/msg00285.php Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:56:07 -0400 (EDT) Thanks, Giles Morant. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
