Re: psql tab completion for DO blocks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: psql tab completion for DO blocks
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Msg-id 22465.1262479642@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: psql tab completion for DO blocks  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On lör, 2010-01-02 at 17:34 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> As for the overhead, these queries are not zero-maintenance.  I still
>> think that the usefulness of tab completion here is pretty darn
>> minimal,
>> since most people are more likely to rely on default_do_language;

> We really don't have any data on that, and it doesn't seem all that
> likely to me.

I'm not really objecting to putting in the patch entirely.  I'm objecting
to carrying an extra completion query for it.  I don't think hiding
languages with laninline=0 improves its usefulness at all, let alone
enough to justify extra maintenance burden.
        regards, tom lane


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