Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?
Date: 2003-01-14 15:47:09
Message-ID: 16055.1042559229@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee> writes:
> Will information_schema be strictly SQL99 or will it also have
> PostgreSQL specific views/fields ?

If it's not strictly conformant to the spec, I see no value in it at
all. We already have plenty of ability to query the catalogs via
non-standard queries.

regards, tom lane

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