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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?
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In response to Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>)
Responses Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?  (Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee>)
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Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee> writes:
> Will information_schema be strictly SQL99 or will it also have
> PostgreSQL specific views/fields ?

If it's not strictly conformant to the spec, I see no value in it at
all.  We already have plenty of ability to query the catalogs via
non-standard queries.
        regards, tom lane

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