Re: Can pg_dump make use of CURRENT/SESSION_USER - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Fabrízio de Royes Mello wrote:

> I have this idea:
> 
> 1) Add an ObjectAddress field to CommentStmt struct an set it in gram.y
> 
> 2) In the CommentObject check if CommentStmt->address is
> InvalidObjectAddress then call get_object_address else use it

For DDL deparsing purposes, it seems important that the affected object
address can be reproduced somehow.  I think pg_get_object_address()
should be considered, as well as the object_address test.

If we do as you propose, we would have to deparse
COMMENT ON CURRENT DATABASE IS 'foo'
as COMMENT ON DATABASE whatever_the_name_is IS 'foo'

which is not a fatal objection but doesn't seem all that great.

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