Re: constraints and sql92 information_schema compliance - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: constraints and sql92 information_schema compliance
Date
Msg-id 200602262103.58561.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: constraints and sql92 information_schema compliance  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: constraints and sql92 information_schema compliance
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Tom,

> No way.  The entire point of information_schema is that it is standard;
> adding non-spec things to it renders it no better than direct access
> to the PG catalogs.

Hmmm ... so, per you, we can't add extra views covering non-spec objects to 
the information_schema (like aggregates) because we can't modify it in any 
way.  But per Peter we can't add new views to the pg_catalog because we 
want people to use information_schema.   I sense a catch-22 here.

-- 
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco


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