Re: Views, views, views! (long)

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> The purpose of the new system views...

As long as they are in a separate schema (like information_schema,
but hopefully not as long). pg_views? pg_info? information_skema? :)

> But if you think that nobody needs these views, it's because you
> haven't had much contact with end users lately.

Well, who really *does* need these? After all, end users should be
using an interface of some sort. (DBD::Pg, phpPgAdmin, psql, etc). It's
the job of the people writing those interfaces to know the system
catalogs well and present them to the users in a pretty fashion. If
people want an "easy" way to look up the information, they use an
interface. If not, they should learn the system catalogs.
/devilsadvocate

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