Re: Bug in pg_describe_object - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andreas Karlsson
Subject Re: Bug in pg_describe_object
Date
Msg-id 1294771675.14741.5.camel@jansson
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In response to Re: Bug in pg_describe_object  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Bug in pg_describe_object  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, 2011-01-11 at 11:43 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> If that's what you're after, getObjectDescription is entirely
> unsuitable, because of the fact that its results are dependent
> on search path and language settings.
> 
>             regards, tom lane

Agreed, and as long as the additional information added to the
description by my patch is not useful for any other purpose I see no
reason for applying it.

So would anyone be confused by a description of pg_amproc not including
the types? I personally have no idea since I have not had to work with
indexes enough to say.

Andreas




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