"Matthew T. O'Connor" <matthew@zeut.net> writes:
> On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 08:12, Christopher Browne wrote:
>> [Rummaging around...] These tables are being added for template1, but
>> apparently not for "main" databases. That looks like a bit of a fly
>> in the ointment...
> I designed it that way. It was my understanding that all of the system
> tables pg_class etc... are shared tables, available in all databases,
> but actually stored as only one central set of real tables.
You are very badly mistaken.
Only the tables marked "relisshared" in pg_class (currently pg_shadow,
pg_group, pg_database, and their indexes and toast tables) are shared
across a cluster. The rest have separate copies per-database.
regards, tom lane
