This patch makes \d on tables and views sort fk constraints, triggers

and rules alphabetically in the output.  This makes it the same as
for indexes and stops the irritating random or reverse ordering it
currently has.

Chris KL

src/bin/psql/describe.c

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.112 2005/02/22 04:40:55 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.113 2005/03/16 23:52:18 neilc Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 #include "describe.h"
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
 							  "SELECT r.rulename, trim(trailing ';' from pg_catalog.pg_get_ruledef(r.oid, true))\n"
 							  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_rewrite r\n"
-				   "WHERE r.ev_class = '%s' AND r.rulename != '_RETURN'",
+				   "WHERE r.ev_class = '%s' AND r.rulename != '_RETURN' ORDER BY 1",
 							  oid);
 			result = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
 			if (!result)
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 						 "pg_catalog.pg_get_constraintdef(r.oid, true), "
 							  "conname\n"
 							  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_constraint r\n"
-						   "WHERE r.conrelid = '%s' AND r.contype = 'c'",
+						   "WHERE r.conrelid = '%s' AND r.contype = 'c' ORDER BY 1",
 							  oid);
 			result2 = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
 			if (!result2)
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 			printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
 							  "SELECT r.rulename, trim(trailing ';' from pg_catalog.pg_get_ruledef(r.oid, true))\n"
 							  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_rewrite r\n"
-							  "WHERE r.ev_class = '%s'",
+							  "WHERE r.ev_class = '%s' ORDER BY 1",
 							  oid);
 			result3 = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
 			if (!result3)
@@ -1082,7 +1082,8 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 							  " OR NOT EXISTS"
 							  "  (SELECT 1 FROM pg_catalog.pg_depend d "
 							  "   JOIN pg_catalog.pg_constraint c ON (d.refclassid = c.tableoid AND d.refobjid = c.oid) "
-							  "   WHERE d.classid = t.tableoid AND d.objid = t.oid AND d.deptype = 'i' AND c.contype = 'f'))",
+							  "   WHERE d.classid = t.tableoid AND d.objid = t.oid AND d.deptype = 'i' AND c.contype = 'f'))"
+							  "   ORDER BY 1",
 							  oid);
 			result4 = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
 			if (!result4)
@@ -1103,7 +1104,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
 							  "SELECT conname,\n"
 			   "  pg_catalog.pg_get_constraintdef(oid, true) as condef\n"
 							  "FROM pg_catalog.pg_constraint r\n"
-						   "WHERE r.conrelid = '%s' AND r.contype = 'f'",
+						   "WHERE r.conrelid = '%s' AND r.contype = 'f' ORDER BY 1",
 							  oid);
 			result5 = PSQLexec(buf.data, false);
 			if (!result5)