PostgreSQL Bugs - Re: BUG #2177: (minor:) pgsql: Trailing semicolon on \d treated

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Re: BUG #2177: (minor:) pgsql: Trailing semicolon on \d treated

Bruce Momjian

2006-01-21, 1:23 pm

Giles Morant wrote:
> I agree we cannot just throw the semi-colon away, but the action of
> "\d" to assume the semi-colon is an argument and thus invalid is in my
> view wrong.

True, but to fix it would require we know which backslash commands can
throw it away, and which cannot, and it doesn't seem worth the
effort/complexity.

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> On 1/19/06, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
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