Re: Temporary tables and miscellaneous schemas

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org>
Cc: btober(at)seaworthysys(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Temporary tables and miscellaneous schemas
Date: 2003-10-13 20:12:54
Message-ID: 28722.1066075974@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Sean Chittenden <sean(at)chittenden(dot)org> writes:
> Why wouldn't you want to hide pg_temp_*?

So you could see your own temp tables, for instance.

I dislike putting random restrictions on what the \d displays will show.
We have done this in the past (eg, \df doesn't show things it thinks are
I/O functions) and by and large it's been a mistake; I think it's
created more confusion than it's prevented.

I certainly don't think there is any justification for exposing pg_toast
if we are going to hide other "system" schemas. There is no normal
reason for needing to access toast tables directly, and it's only an
implementation artifact that they have names at all.

regards, tom lane

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