>> On the other hand, I want to look at and search my user-defined >> functions FREQUENTLY. I don't care about the system functions. If I >> type \df a*, it's not because I want to see all 6 versions of the >> absolute value function and 61 other functions, it's because I don't >> want to think hard enough to remember how I spelled the first word in >> one of my functions that I know starts with "a". > > Well, maybe we do need to go with the \df \dfS \dfU approach. > But I'm still convinced that setting things up so that it's impossible > to search both classes of functions together is a seriously bad idea.
I agree - that's one thing that's definitely weird about the new behavior. Of course, we've had this problem with \dt for a while, but it is somewhat masked by the fact that \d (without t) behaves differently (which seems totally strange too, come to think about it). I think maybe we should make \dt, \df, etc. show user objects, \dtS, \dfS, etc. show system objects and pick some other glyph to mean "everything". \dfA, \df!, I don't care what it is... ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
