Re: pg_class.relistemp - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David E. Wheeler
Subject Re: pg_class.relistemp
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Msg-id 020329B5-9709-4AE1-87E2-4029C93D4D33@kineticode.com
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In response to Re: pg_class.relistemp  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:38 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

>> Well, that assumes people read the documention and don't just do \d.
>> Keeping cruft around over time makes the system more complex.
>
> This seems a case where column synonyms would have been useful (as was
> the procpid / pid change).

Well it couldn't just be that, because the data type has changed, too. Unless you could make a kind of "view column" or
somethingwhere the expression was `relpersistence <> 't'`. 

Best,

David

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