Re: Psql 9.4 with server 9.4 doesn't auto complete table names

On 01/26/2015 12:29 PM, amihay gonen wrote:
> I've use this link
> http://tecadmin.net/install-postgresql-server-on-ubuntu/ it bascily
> offical postgres repo.

Well if you followed the above exactly, I do not see where it downloads
postgresql-client, which provides psql. Best guess is you are using the
9.1 version of psql to connect to a 9.4 server. I would apt-get install
postgresql-client and see if that helps.

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> On Mon Jan 26 2015 at 6:51:52 PM John McKown
> <john.archie.mckown@gmail.com <mailto:john.archie.mckown@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     How did you install it? Did you configure and compile it yourself,
>     locally? If so, what did your ./configure look like? If not, how did
>     you do it? Perhaps it was configured with the --without-readline
>     switch set. I found that, on 9.3.5, that if I start psql normally
>     (no switches), then a <tab> does the table completion (as normal).
>     But if I do "psql -n" to turn off readline, then a <tab> just puts
>     in a tab. I hope this might be of some help, though I don't really
>     see how.
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>     On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 10:21 AM, amihay gonen <agonenil@gmail.com
>     <mailto:agonenil@gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         Hi on   9.1 the psql  did auto complete for tables.  I've
>         removed 9.1 and installed 9.4 and the auto complete doesn't work.
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>         Any idea what I need to check?
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