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Re: [bug-recutils] Deprecate recinf ?
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Michał Masłowski |
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Re: [bug-recutils] Deprecate recinf ? |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:51:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) |
> Frontends like sqlite3 or psql have separate non-SQL commands for
> showing table schemas. This suggests that an user might not look for
> the tool for "[s]electing records" to do this.
>
> What do these schemas contain? Maybe we could inspire some new
> functionality for recinf in these separated facilities.
sqlite3's .schema shows the CREATE statements, can be limited to tables
with names matching a pattern. psql's \d and its many variants can show
the same data in a different format. This seems equivalent to showing
the record descriptor.
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