Re: Request for new column in pg_namespace

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Request for new column in pg_namespace
Date: 2024-12-15 17:15:57
Message-ID: CAFj8pRDxMpQv4P3Bi-zEQ+OQ2dsVCZ+g-vbpU-F3qvozZKjUzA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi

ne 15. 12. 2024 v 17:59 odesílatel Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
napsal:

> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/catalog-pg-namespace.html
>
> Currently, when I want to query all "userland" tables, I write something
> like:
> select ...
> from pg_class cl, pg_namespace nsp
> where cl.relnamespace = nsp.oid
> and nsp.nspname not like 'pg_%
> and nsp.nspname != 'information_schema';
>
> A new boolean column named "indissystem" that's true only for system
> relations would make *many* maintenance queries cleaner, since they'd
> look like:
> select ...
> from pg_class cl, pg_namespace nsp
> where cl.relnamespace = nsp.oid
> and nsp.indissystem = false;
>
>
oid of all system objects is less then 0x4000

Regards

Pavel

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