Re: pg_class and enum types

Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Gevik Babakhani wrote:
>>
>>> select * from pg_class where relname='test_type'
>>>
>
>
>> It's not so much that enum types are handled specially, but that
>> composite types are. :-)
>>
>
> Relations (tables) have always had both pg_class and pg_type entries.
> The pg_class entry denotes the relation proper, the pg_type entry
> denotes the relation's rowtype.
>
> Composite types have the same two entries, there's just a different
> notion of which one is primary.
>
> (The reason a composite type has to have a pg_class entry is that
> it has pg_attribute entries, and those have to have something in
> pg_class for their attrelid to link to.)
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
Thank you :)

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Regards,
Gevik