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28.0.50; sql-list-tables: quotes are cumbersome, no need for it; include history

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Michael Mauger <mmauger <at> protonmail.com>, 47358 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Subject: bug#47358: 28.0.50; sql-list-tables: quotes are cumbersome, no need for it; include history
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 20:38:32 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> writes:
>
>> When executing C-c C-l t in sql-interactive-mode then tables are
>> completed with quotes like "activities" instead of just activities.
>>
>> It would be good not to use quotes, it is more usable that
>> way. Internally the table could require quotes to be called, but for
>> user to complete a string or name of table should not be necessary.
>>
>> Additionally I propose to include history for the function
>> sql-list-tables as calling tables' definitions may be frequent with some
>> users, and other mini buffer entries are not relevant to it.
>
> I'm copying in the sql.el maintainer here.  Michael, could you please take a
> look at the above feature request?

I'm not very familiar with sql.el, but if I read the code correctly,
`C-c C-l t' just outputs the data the SQL server spits back at us?  So
if you're using PostgreSQL, I guess that means that that's how
PostgreSQL formats the CREATE TABLE statement.

But I may be mistaken -- perhaps Michael has some comments here.

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