From: | Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au> |
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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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