On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: >> The real problem here is that the 'S' suffix for \dt is a bad precedent >> for everything else. If you want consistency then we need to change >> that end of things. I think that the idea of a switch to omit system >> objects, rather than include them, might work. > > I disagree. Most users, most of the time, do not want to see system > objects. So all of the \d commands should omit system objects by default, > and we should have one consistent switch across all \d commands to include > system objects. > > Actually, I personally would prefer a *general* switch, that is: > > \system on > \system off > > ... which would turn on and off the display of system objects with all \d > commands, over extending \d with an array of Hungarian notation suffixes.
I think the general switch is a good idea, because then everyone can get the behavior they want using ~/.psqlrc. But I still want the Hungarian suffixes because being able to get a different behavior just once is handy. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
