On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 17:11, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net> writes:
> > I designed it that way. It was my understanding that all of the system
> > tables pg_class etc... are shared tables, available in all databases,
> > but actually stored as only one central set of real tables.
>
> You are very badly mistaken.
>
> Only the tables marked "relisshared" in pg_class (currently pg_shadow,
> pg_group, pg_database, and their indexes and toast tables) are shared
> across a cluster. The rest have separate copies per-database.
hrm.... OK. Patch forthcoming....