Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2
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Msg-id 20482.1295297181@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2  (Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com>)
Responses Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2  (Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>)
Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2  (Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com>)
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Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com> writes:
> a) pg_describe_object should always include the schema in the name,
> even for object in public and pg_catalog.

I knew you were going to demand that next, as soon as you figured out
that it was an obstacle for using pg_describe_object output as a
globally unique identifier.  But I'm going to reply, once again, that
pg_describe_object is not meant to guarantee that and we're not going to
make it so.
        regards, tom lane


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