feat: add \dS suffix for system objects (pg_catalog, information_schema)#160
feat: add \dS suffix for system objects (pg_catalog, information_schema)#160Pawansingh3889 wants to merge 2 commits intodbcli:mainfrom
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Adds \dtS, \dvS, \dmS, \dsS, \diS, and \dS metacommands that include system objects from pg_catalog and information_schema, matching psql behavior. The existing \dt, \dv, etc. continue to exclude system objects. Implements this by adding a show_system parameter to list_objects(). When True, the pg_catalog/information_schema exclusion filter is skipped (pg_toast is still excluded). Closes dbcli/pgcli#1523
| elif show_system: | ||
| params["schema_pattern"] = SQL( | ||
| """ | ||
| AND n.nspname !~ '^pg_toast' """ |
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I thought the intent was to include both regular and system objects, right? Here, you're going to ignore user-provided pattern, and only show what matches your pattern. Tests would catch this, but the PR contains no tests.
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Ok, so the S modifier does this (from https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-psql.html):
By default, only user-created objects are shown; supply a pattern or the S modifier to include system objects.
The fallback condition on lines 490-493 excludes system objects:
AND n.nspname <> 'pg_catalog'
AND n.nspname <> 'information_schema'
AND n.nspname !~ '^pg_toast'
AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)so in your elif show_system, you only want to keep this one:
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So my first comment was not accurate, I misread the condition. But the condition does not do what you want. And you still need tests.
Thanks!
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Adds \dtS, \dvS, \dmS, \dsS, \diS, and \dS metacommands that include system objects from pg_catalog and information_schema, matching psql behavior.
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