In psql, show view definition only with \d+, not with \d

petere · petere · commit 2fe1b4dd6519 · 2009-11-03T10:34:47.000Z
The rationale is that view definitions tend to be long and obscure the
main information about the view.
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.229 2009/10/28 18:09:44 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.230 2009/11/03 10:34:47 petere Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 		printTableAddHeader(&cont, headers[i], true, 'l');
 
 	/* Check if table is a view */
-	if (tableinfo.relkind == 'v')
+	if (tableinfo.relkind == 'v' && verbose)
 	{
 		PGresult   *result;
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@`
`8`	`8`	`*`
`9`	`9`	`* Copyright (c) 2000-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group`
`10`	`10`	`*`
`11`		`- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.229 2009/10/28 18:09:44 tgl Exp $`
	`11`	`+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.230 2009/11/03 10:34:47 petere Exp $`
`12`	`12`	`*/`
`13`	`13`	`#include "postgres_fe.h"`
`14`	`14`
`@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,`
`1306`	`1306`	`printTableAddHeader(&cont, headers[i], true, 'l');`
`1307`	`1307`
`1308`	`1308`	`/* Check if table is a view */`
`1309`		`- if (tableinfo.relkind == 'v')`
	`1309`	`+ if (tableinfo.relkind == 'v' && verbose)`
`1310`	`1310`	`{`
`1311`	`1311`	`PGresult *result;`
`1312`	`1312`