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fhdsgbbcaA
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It’s also faster to type.
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eYrKEC2
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Not after you have to google, "What's the equivalent of `show tables` in postgres?", because the psql command names are completely arbitrary.
ahoka
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They kinda make sense if you consider that Postgres was not an SQL database in the beginning. Quirky though.
Symbiote
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They are clearly abbreviations.
\c is for connect.
\dt is for describe tables.
mxey
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\? shows the help
fhdsgbbcaA
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Which you need to do exactly once.
kalleboo
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I need to manually admin my database server maybe once every 2 years or so. Definitely not remembering them 2 years later.
dventimi
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Sounds like a YP
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