Re: Why not used standart SQL commands?

["Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum" <ads@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 7:25 PM Ali Koca <kinetixcicocuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello,

I'm seeing \dt used for "show tables", \l used for "show databases". Why
not standart SQL syntax words? Why specified PostgreSQL commands?
I can't figure out that.

As others pointed out, "show databases" and "show tables" are not from any standard.

Since you seem to come from MySQL, here is a list terms translated to PostgreSQL:

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/MySQL_PostgreSQL_terminology

Regards,

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Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum
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