Re: How to get the table.column in mysql client tab completion? Or feature request to add this.

[Baron Schwartz]

Hi,

Daevid Vincent wrote:
[snip]
> Also, it would be great if mysql client was "smart" enough to limit my
> tab completion choices to possibilities based upon the current SQL query
> I'm crafting. So If I have:
>  
> "select t[TAB] from ResolveTable join Tickets;"
>  
> It should only show me columns that start with a 't' that are in the
> ResolveTable or Tickets tables only.

This would be nice, but then the mysql client would have to be able to parse SQL, which 
is the server's job.  How about this as a compromise: if you type ResolveTable.t[TAB], 
only show columns from that table.

Baron