Peter Geoghegan wrote: > On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 11:25 PM, Michael Paquier > <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > 5) Do we want hints on system columns as well? > >> I think it's obvious that the answer must be no. That's going to > >> frequently result in suggestions of columns that users will complain > >> aren't even there. If you know about the system columns, you can just > >> get it right. They're supposed to be hidden for most purposes. > > > > This may sound ridiculous, but I have already found myself mistyping ctid by > > tid and cid while working on patches and modules that played with page > > format, and needing a couple of minutes to understand what was going on (bad > > morning). > > I think that it's clearly not worth it, even if it is true that a > minority sometimes make this mistake. Most users don't know that there > are system columns. It's not even close to being worth it to bring > that into this. I agree with Peter. This is targeted at regular users. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
