Re: Have psql display names and OUT/INOUT in \df output

On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 05:16:58AM -0700, Neil Conway wrote:
> On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 01:00 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 16, 2006 at 12:21:12AM -0700, Neil Conway wrote:
> > > You need to schema-qualify references to builtin functions, to
> > > avoid accidentally using functions of the same name that appear
> > > earlier in the user's search path.
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean here.
>
> For example, you shouldn't be using "generate_series" in the SQL
> query: if the user has a function of the same name earlier in their
> search path, psql will invoke the wrong function. Instead, you
> should call "pg_catalog.generate_series", as psql was careful to do
> prior to the patch.

Thanks for clarifying this. Patch attached.

Cheers,
D
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