Re: PostgreSQL 9.6: view based on sequence - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: PostgreSQL 9.6: view based on sequence
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Msg-id 0bcc6563-cf37-ec1e-feef-53685f13282c@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to PostgreSQL 9.6: view based on sequence  (Enrico Pirozzi <e.pirozzi@nbsgroup.it>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL 9.6: view based on sequence  (Enrico Pirozzi <e.pirozzi@nbsgroup.it>)
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On 1/24/18 06:52, Enrico Pirozzi wrote:
> PostgreSQL creates a view based on the sequence and the strange thing  
> is that, among the various fields that are created in the view,
> there is a field named  sequence_name  with datatype  name.
> 
> I've seen in the docs 
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/datatype-character.html
> and the datatype name should be reserved only for structures internal of PG.

There is nothing from with user code using the data type "name".  It's
probably just not the best choice.  But if you create a view over a
system table, then you'll get whatever types the system table uses.
There is nothing from with that.

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