On Tue, Sep 01, 2009 at 02:29:12PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@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?
Cheers,
David.
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