Re: psql \d* and system objects

On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 09:59:41PM +0200, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 30 mars 09 à 16:52, Bruce Momjian a écrit :
>> I think the big question is whether the inconsistency (pattern implies
>> 'S') is worth accepting for greater usability.
>
>
> My answer is yes, please, definitely, go for it.
> We don't need idiot-proof easy to remember semantics, we need useful  
> ones... The former category is already taken care of by some other open 
> source database software, have I been told...
>
> What about a mail with some content? Look, a user-level proposal draft! 
> :)
>  \dt          lists user tables only
>  \dtS         lists system tables only

All of the S ones should probably mean, "include system objects"
rather than "only system objects."

Cheers,
David.
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