Re: information_schema.parameters - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: information_schema.parameters
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Msg-id 1272907961.9394.1.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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In response to information_schema.parameters  (Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz <gryzman@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: information_schema.parameters  (Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz <gryzman@gmail.com>)
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On fre, 2010-04-30 at 17:36 +0100, Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz wrote:
> why specific_name column on that view contains also OID ?
> This makes two databases that are identical, have different values
> there. Is there any specific reason for that ?

It was a convenient choice.  You could propose a different method for
generating the specific routine name, but given that it has to fit into
an identifier and has to allow for function overloading, some kind of
number makes the most sense, in absence of any other requirements.


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