Re: [BUGS] Autocomplete on Postgres7.4beta5 not

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Tom Lane wrote:

>     Note that tables, indexes, views and sequences relations in the
>     'pg_catalog' namespace are excluded even though they are in the
>     current search path. I found not doing this produced annoying
>     behaviour when expanding names beginning with 'p'. People who work
>     with system tables a lot may not like this though; I can look for
>     another solution if necessary.
>     
>     Ian Barwick
> 
> AFAICT there was no discussion about this issue when the patch was
> proposed and applied.  But now that the point is raised I have to say
> that I don't like this change.  I don't think system catalogs should be
> excluded from tab completion.  They never were before 7.4, and I have
> not seen anyone complaining about that, other than Ian.
>
> Comments anyone?

I also would expect any relations I can see to be picked up by tab 
completion.

Jon