On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:01 PM, David Fetter<da...@fetter.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:29:12PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> > I think we should always or never show the view definition, not >> > sometimes. >> >> Yeah. I can live with \d not showing it and \d+ showing it --- as >> Peter already mentioned, that would be consistent with \df behavior. >> Making it depend on the length is just weird. > > As I see it, there are two independent issues here: > > * "Smart" display based on number of columns in the query and the psql window > * Whether to display the view definition. > > I'm thinking on the second, \d should not display the definition, and > \d+ should. > > On the first...could we go to \x-type display if the columns will > overflow the terminal?
I don't understand exactly what you're proposing, but I don't think flipping into \x mode based on the window size is ever a good idea. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
