psql: add volatility to \df+
Attached is a patch that adds information about function volatility to
the output of psql's "\df+" slash command. I'll apply this to HEAD
tomorrow, barring any objections.
-Neil
Attachments:
volatility_psql_describe-1.patchtext/x-patch; charset=UTF-8; name=volatility_psql_describe-1.patchDownload+7-2
Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
Attached is a patch that adds information about function volatility to
the output of psql's "\df+" slash command. I'll apply this to HEAD
tomorrow, barring any objections.
+1, but are there not any documentation changes to make?
regards, tom lane
Tom Lane wrote:
Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
Attached is a patch that adds information about function volatility to
the output of psql's "\df+" slash command. I'll apply this to HEAD
tomorrow, barring any objections.+1, but are there not any documentation changes to make?
Well here is a question (just because I haven't seen it) is there a list
of functions and their volatility in the docs?
Joshua D. Drake
regards, tom lane
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On Tue, 2007-26-06 at 20:29 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
+1, but are there not any documentation changes to make?
Sure, I'll update the psql ref page.
Well here is a question (just because I haven't seen it) is there a list
of functions and their volatility in the docs?
Not relevant to this thread, but AFAICS there is no explicit list of the
volatilities of the builtin functions.
-Neil
Tom Lane wrote:
Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> writes:
Attached is a patch that adds information about function volatility to
the output of psql's "\df+" slash command. I'll apply this to HEAD
tomorrow, barring any objections.+1, but are there not any documentation changes to make?
+1 as well but I'm wondering whether the output is too wide. Is it
possible to find some shorter string to convey the same meaning?
Ideally, without being a single character.
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On Wed, 2007-27-06 at 00:16 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
+1 as well but I'm wondering whether the output is too wide.
Well, the output of \df+ is already likely to be wider than 72
characters, so I'm not sure the patch would really make the situation
materially worse ("\df+ nextval" is 118 characters wide without the
patch, for example). You could also argue that if the user specifies
"+", presumably they are less worried about a concise output format.
Is it possible to find some shorter string to convey the same meaning?
Nothing obvious comes to mind, but I'm not opposed in principle. Any
suggestions?
-Neil