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Attached is a patch that enhances the "\h" capability in psql. I often

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find myself typing a command and then wanting to get the syntax for it.
So I do a ctrl-a and add a \h: but psql does not recognize the command,
because I have stuff attached to it (e.g. "alter table foobar"), so I
have to scroll over and delete everything except the name of the command
itself. This patch gives \h three chances to match: if nothing matches
the complete string (current behavior), it tries to match the first two
words (e.g. "ALTER TABLE"). If that fails, it tries to match the first
word (e.g. "DELETE").

Greg Sabino Mullane
REL8_1_STABLE
Bruce Momjian 21 years ago
parent 84d630eb24
commit c3a69c3b3b
1 changed files with 64 additions and 38 deletions
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      src/bin/psql/help.c

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src/bin/psql/help.c
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.102 2005/06/14 02:57:41 momjian Exp $
* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.103 2005/07/06 03:14:48 momjian Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "common.h"
@ -305,52 +305,78 @@ helpSQL(const char *topic, unsigned short int pager)
}
else
{
int i;
int i,j,x=0;
bool help_found = false;
FILE *output;
size_t len;
size_t len, wordlen;
int nl_count = 0;
char *ch;
/* don't care about trailing spaces or semicolons */
/* User gets two chances: exact match, then the first word */
/* First pass : strip trailing spaces and semicolons */
len = strlen(topic);
while (topic[len - 1] == ' ' || topic[len - 1] == ';')
len--;
/* Count newlines for pager */
for (i = 0; QL_HELP[i].cmd; i++)
{
if (pg_strncasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd, len) == 0 ||
strcmp(topic, "*") == 0)
{
nl_count += 5;
for (ch = QL_HELP[i].syntax; *ch != '\0'; ch++)
if (*ch == '\n')
nl_count++;
/* If we have an exact match, exit. Fixes \h SELECT */
if (pg_strcasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd) == 0)
break;
}
}
output = PageOutput(nl_count, pager);
len--;
for (i = 0; QL_HELP[i].cmd; i++)
for (x=1; x<=3; x++) /* Three chances to guess that word... */
{
if (pg_strncasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd, len) == 0 ||
strcmp(topic, "*") == 0)
{
help_found = true;
fprintf(output, _("Command: %s\n"
"Description: %s\n"
"Syntax:\n%s\n\n"),
QL_HELP[i].cmd,
_(QL_HELP[i].help),
_(QL_HELP[i].syntax));
/* If we have an exact match, exit. Fixes \h SELECT */
if (pg_strcasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd) == 0)
break;
}
if (x>1) /* Nothing on first pass - try the opening words */
{
wordlen=j=1;
while (topic[j] != ' ' && j++<len)
wordlen++;
if (x==2)
{
j++;
while (topic[j] != ' ' && j++<=len)
wordlen++;
}
if (wordlen >= len) /* Don't try again if the same word */
{
output = PageOutput(nl_count, pager);
break;
}
len = wordlen;
}
/* Count newlines for pager */
for (i = 0; QL_HELP[i].cmd; i++)
{
if (pg_strncasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd, len) == 0 ||
strcmp(topic, "*") == 0)
{
nl_count += 5;
for (ch = QL_HELP[i].syntax; *ch != '\0'; ch++)
if (*ch == '\n')
nl_count++;
/* If we have an exact match, exit. Fixes \h SELECT */
if (pg_strcasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd) == 0)
break;
}
}
output = PageOutput(nl_count, pager);
for (i = 0; QL_HELP[i].cmd; i++)
{
if (pg_strncasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd, len) == 0 ||
strcmp(topic, "*") == 0)
{
help_found = true;
fprintf(output, _("Command: %s\n"
"Description: %s\n"
"Syntax:\n%s\n\n"),
QL_HELP[i].cmd,
_(QL_HELP[i].help),
_(QL_HELP[i].syntax));
/* If we have an exact match, exit. Fixes \h SELECT */
if (pg_strcasecmp(topic, QL_HELP[i].cmd) == 0)
break;
}
}
if (help_found) /* Don't keep trying if we got a match */
break;
}
if (!help_found)

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