Fix \df to re-allow regexp special characters in the function name pattern.

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit be6899f13941 · 2009-10-28T18:09:44.000Z
This has always worked, up until somebody's thinko here: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2009-04/msg00233.php Per bug #5143 from Piotr Wolinski.
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 1.228 2009/10/07 22:14:24 alvherre Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.229 2009/10/28 18:09:44 tgl Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ describeFunctions(const char *functypes, const char *pattern, bool verbose, bool
 		appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, "      )\n");
 	}
 
-	processSQLNamePattern(pset.db, &buf, pattern, have_where, true,
+	processSQLNamePattern(pset.db, &buf, pattern, have_where, false,
 						  "n.nspname", "p.proname", NULL,
 						  "pg_catalog.pg_function_is_visible(p.oid)");
 

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 1.228 2009/10/07 22:14:24 alvherre Exp $`
	`11`	`+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.229 2009/10/28 18:09:44 tgl Exp $`
`12`	`12`	`*/`
`13`	`13`	`#include "postgres_fe.h"`
`14`	`14`
`@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ describeFunctions(const char functypes, const char pattern, bool verbose, bool`
`415`	`415`	`appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, " )\n");`
`416`	`416`	`}`
`417`	`417`
`418`		`- processSQLNamePattern(pset.db, &buf, pattern, have_where, true,`
	`418`	`+ processSQLNamePattern(pset.db, &buf, pattern, have_where, false,`
`419`	`419`	`"n.nspname", "p.proname", NULL,`
`420`	`420`	`"pg_catalog.pg_function_is_visible(p.oid)");`
`421`	`421`