Hi,
On 2019-05-06 11:58:18 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Not sure though --- generally, if you're looking at a specific
> toast table, you already know which table is its parent. But
> maybe confirmation is a good thing.
I'm not convinced by that. I've certainly many a time wrote queries
against pg_class to figure out which relation a toast table belongs
to. E.g. after looking at the largest relations in the system, looking
at pg_stat_*_tables, after seeing an error in the logs, etc.
> That seems off-topic for this thread though. I agree with the
> stated premise that \d on a toast table should show all the same
> information \d on a regular table would.
+1
Greetings,
Andres Freund
