Re: I do not get the point of the information_schema

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Peter J(dot) Holzer" <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: I do not get the point of the information_schema
Date: 2018-02-13 23:06:43
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbXbq73==e18A2JcNX9Nii3y4ywMW-s2-69Pfrwt3FeUQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 3:57 PM, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at> wrote:

> (That said, it looks like both PostgreSQL and MariaDB include additional
> columns beyond those mandated by the standard - you can't rely on those,
> of course. And some databases like Oracle don't even have an information
> schema.)
>

​Given the documented charter of information_schema I'd present your
conclusion and evidence to pgsql-bugs...while I suppose extra columns are
not inherently harmful at minimum they would need to be documented if kept.

David J.

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