Re: No longer possible to query catalogs for index capabilities?

From: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers\(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: No longer possible to query catalogs for index capabilities?
Date: 2016-08-06 15:04:41
Message-ID: 87vazec536.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:

Bruce> Would it be helpful to output an array of strings representing
Bruce> the index definition?

>> Why would that help, if the point is to enable programmatic access
>> to information?

Bruce> I was thinking an array of strings would avoid problems in
Bruce> having to re-scan the output for tokens.

OK, but that still leaves the issue of how to interpret each string,
yes?

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Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)

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