Re: pg_class and enum types

Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Gevik Babakhani <pgdev(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering why there is no pg_class record for the enum types.
>>> Do we
>>> treat the enum types differently?
>>>
>>
>> Because types are stored in pg_type, not pg_class?
>>
>> ...Robert
>>
> That is certainly not true.... check the following...
>
> create type test_type as
> (
> field1 integer,
> field2 varchar
> );
>
> select * from pg_class where relname='test_type'

It's not so much that enum types are handled specially, but that
composite types are. :-)

There is no pg_class entry for int either.

cheers

andrew