Re: psql show dbsize?

Tom Lane wrote:
> andy <andy@squeakycode.net> writes:
>   
>> I know its way too late in the game, sorry, but it's a very small patch...
>>     
>
> (1) What's the performance impact?  I should think that this makes \l orders
> of magnitude slower.
>
> (2) Doesn't this render \l entirely nonfunctional for users who don't
> have CONNECT privilege to all DBs in the installation?
>
>             
>   

Perhaps both these considerations dictate providing another command or a 
special flavor of \l instead of just modifying it?

cheers

andrew