Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On sön, 2010-09-19 at 14:28 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> which would do an appropriate permissions check and then fetch the
>> named column. (This could actually be implemented in a line or two in
>> plpgsql, but I think we want it in C because information_schema
>> shouldn't depend on plpgsql.)
> Why shouldn't it?
Because plpgsql is removable (and I don't think that property is
negotiable).
regards, tom lane
