Re: Show schema size with \dn+

* Peter Eisentraut (peter_e@gmx.net) wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 15:11 +0100, Anders Steinlein wrote:
> > Is there any interest in expanding \dn+ to show schema size, similar
> > to table sizes using \dt+ in 8.4? We use separate schemas for each
> > user, so this would allow us to quickly look up the sizes of each
> > user's data.
>
> A schema doesn't really have a size, because a schema is not a storage
> subdivision.

Erm, it's a namespace inside of which objects exist.  Sure, the
individual tables might be on different tablespaces, but the schema's
size is a direct aggregation of the objects which it contains.

The argument that it doesn't have a size is a bit like arguing that 'du'
should report the directory's size rather than the combined size of
everything in it.

I look forward to someone adding this, it'd be nice to have.
Thanks,
    Stephen