On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> ISTM there are three fundamental problems with \d and friends:
>
> 1. Some people have a hard time remembering the commands.
> 2. Some people aren't using psql.
> 3. psql keeps breaking across backend versions because the
> needed commands change.
>
> I don't see a lot of value in addressing just one of these problem
> areas, when we could instead do something that addresses all three.
I agree, at least for #2 and #3. But I just don't understand #1. Anything
is hard to remember when you're just starting to learn it. But it's still
faster to type \? <CR> then \dt than it is to type "show tables". And
"show tables" is hard (relatively speaking) for me to remember because I'm
used to psql's way of doing things, since I mostly use it.
Jon