Re: Suggestion: additional system views - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Suggestion: additional system views
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Msg-id 200506062335.j56NZwu16110@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Suggestion: additional system views  (Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>)
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Robert Treat wrote:
> On Monday 06 June 2005 17:35, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > Bruce,
> > >
> > > > I do like this idea.  Can you make a general patch?  Do others like the
> > > > idea of system tables showing error codes and keywords?
> > >
> > > Yes.  However, I think the idea of additional system views has already
> > > been shot down in flames.
> > >
> > > Unless people think that it's reasonable to have a system view for error
> > > codes and not one for, say, operators?
> >
> > Uh, I thought the shoot-down was for duplication of existing information
> > in new system tables, not the addition of new system table information,
> > e.g. we have pg_operator, but no list of error codes or keywords in the
> > system tables.
> 
> Would this include a new view for showing user priviliges, rather than the 
> current method of incense and chanting that are needed to divine the meaning 
> of pg_class.relacl ?

The new tables have to do with error messages and keywords.  It has
nothing to do with permissions.

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