On 9/21/17 13:54, Pavel Stehule wrote: > I see where you are coming from, but there is no association in the > existing UI that equates "+" to the word "verbose". I think just > removing the verbose prefix and applying the sorting behavior in all > cases should be easier to explain and implement. > > I though about it - but I am not sure if one kind of these variables is > practical. > > if I don't need a size, then sort by schema, name is ok (I didn't need > any else ever). With only one kind of these variables, this setting is > common - what is not practical.
But you are proposing also to add a variable configuring the sort direction. It would be weird that \dX+ observed the sort direction but \dX did not. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, 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