Re: Temporary tables and miscellaneous schemas

> > This implementation detail really annoys me when using psql. The
> > attached patch fixes \dn to not show pg_temp_*. Any chance
> > someone could apply this? -sc
>
> What have you got against pg_temp?

What value does it provide to have it shown in a \dn listing? Temp
tables are globally visible across schemas and there's no point to
looking inside of a temp schema that isn't a proc's temp schema.

> If we think \dn shouldn't show those schemas, shouldn't it suppress
> *all* system schemas, including pg_catalog and pg_toast? Maybe
> information_schema as well?

There is only one pg_catalog, pg_toast, and information_schema schema.
Those schemas yield useful information that can only be fetched via
their respective schemas. pg_temp_* doesn't meet this criteria since
pg_temp_*'s tables are visible outside of their schema. Why wouldn't
you want to hide pg_temp_*?

-sc

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Sean Chittenden