Re: Should PG backend know how to representmetadata?

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Chris Bitmead <chrisb(at)nimrod(dot)itg(dot)telstra(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Should PG backend know how to representmetadata?
Date: 2000-07-18 01:14:49
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20000718111449.0261a320@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 09:09 18/07/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:
>Philip Warner wrote:
>
>> This is the sort of thing I'd like to see, but on a more general level:
>>
>> format_object('table', <oid>)
>>
>> would return the base definition of the table.
>
>format_object(<oid>) should be sufficient.
>

Technically yes, but my belief is that identifying what the oid points to
is actually a matter of searching everywhere, which is probably to be avoided.

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