Re: Unused pg_class columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Unused pg_class columns
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Msg-id 21524.991232265@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Unused pg_class columns  ("Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: Unused pg_class columns  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Unused pg_class columns  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: Unused pg_class columns  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> Are these columns in pg_class:
> relukeys | relfkeys | relhaspkey
> unused or what?

They may be unused by the backend, but that doesn't mean that
applications don't look at them.  I find references to relhaspkey
in pgaccess, for example.
        regards, tom lane


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