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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml10
-rw-r--r--src/bin/psql/describe.c18
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 05c35904efe..c5c7fc7e81b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.222 2009/04/04 00:39:14 tgl Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.223 2009/04/08 22:29:30 tgl Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -1055,16 +1055,10 @@ testdb=&gt;
<note>
<para>
- To look up functions taking argument or returning values of a specific
+ To look up functions taking arguments or returning values of a specific
type, use your pager's search capability to scroll through the <literal>\df</>
output.
</para>
-
- <para>
- To reduce clutter, <literal>\df</> does not show data type I/O
- functions. This is implemented by ignoring functions that accept
- or return type <type>cstring</>.
- </para>
</note>
</listitem>
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index df59999d200..83858f327d7 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.207 2009/04/04 00:44:30 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.208 2009/04/08 22:29:30 tgl Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
@@ -274,13 +274,7 @@ describeFunctions(const char *pattern, bool verbose, bool showSystem)
appendPQExpBuffer(&buf,
" LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_language l ON l.oid = p.prolang\n");
- /*
- * we skip in/out funcs by excluding functions that take or return cstring
- */
- appendPQExpBuffer(&buf,
- "WHERE p.prorettype <> 'pg_catalog.cstring'::pg_catalog.regtype\n"
- " AND p.proargtypes[0] IS DISTINCT FROM 'pg_catalog.cstring'::pg_catalog.regtype\n"
- " AND NOT p.proisagg\n");
+ appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, "WHERE NOT p.proisagg\n");
if (!showSystem && !pattern)
appendPQExpBuffer(&buf, " AND n.nspname <> 'pg_catalog'\n"
@@ -643,7 +637,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *pattern, bool showSystem)
"n.nspname", "p.proname", NULL,
"pg_catalog.pg_function_is_visible(p.oid)");
- /* Function descriptions (except in/outs for datatypes) */
+ /* Function descriptions */
appendPQExpBuffer(&buf,
"UNION ALL\n"
" SELECT p.oid as oid, p.tableoid as tableoid,\n"
@@ -652,11 +646,7 @@ objectDescription(const char *pattern, bool showSystem)
" CAST('%s' AS pg_catalog.text) as object\n"
" FROM pg_catalog.pg_proc p\n"
" LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = p.pronamespace\n"
-
- " WHERE p.prorettype <> 'pg_catalog.cstring'::pg_catalog.regtype\n"
- " AND (p.proargtypes[0] IS NULL\n"
- " OR p.proargtypes[0] <> 'pg_catalog.cstring'::pg_catalog.regtype)\n"
- " AND NOT p.proisagg\n",
+ " WHERE NOT p.proisagg\n",
gettext_noop("function"));
if (!showSystem && !pattern)