Improve psql's tab completion for \l.

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit 8019b5a89c3c · 2016-08-18T11:29:16.000-04:00
Offer a list of database names; formerly no help was offered.

Ian Barwick, reviewed by Gerdan Santos

Patch: &lt;5724132E.1030804@2ndquadrant.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
@@ -3033,6 +3033,8 @@ psql_completion(const char *text, int start, int end)
 		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_encodings);
 	else if (TailMatchesCS1("\\h") || TailMatchesCS1("\\help"))
 		COMPLETE_WITH_LIST(sql_commands);
+	else if (TailMatchesCS1("\\l*") && !TailMatchesCS1("\\lo*"))
+		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_databases);
 	else if (TailMatchesCS1("\\password"))
 		COMPLETE_WITH_QUERY(Query_for_list_of_roles);
 	else if (TailMatchesCS1("\\pset"))
