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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [HACKERS] Are we losing momentum?
From:       Steve Wampler <swampler () noao ! edu>
Date:       2003-04-21 15:45:12
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On Mon, 2003-04-21 at 08:30, scott.marlowe wrote:
> On 16 Apr 2003, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> 
> > Once you have found \? it is all there (and you are advised to use \? at
> > psql startup).
> 
> I love \ commands, but remember, those are psql commands, not postgresql 
> commands.  show tables would be a postgreSQL command the backend parser 
> would understand.  Apples and Oranges.
> 
> > That may also be why PostgreSQL is more popular in Japan - if one has to
> > remember nonsensical strings, then it is easier to remember short ones
> 
> But, how do I write an app to ask such questions easily?  psql -E is not 
> the easiest and most intuitive way to learn how to get the data into a 
> structure for parsing in a client side app.

He speaks my mind.
-- 
Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>
National Solar Observatory


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