Re: Extending System Views: proposal for 8.1/8.2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Extending System Views: proposal for 8.1/8.2
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Msg-id 25597.1106430210@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Extending System Views: proposal for 8.1/8.2  ("Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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"Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> I might suggest simply "tables" "triggers" "types" etc.   The plurals
> of these reserved words are no, AFAIK, reserved.  And if users are
> creating identically named objects in public, they just need to
> remember to use the schema.

Only if you put them in some other schema.  We have specifically
promised not to create any tables/views in pg_catalog that do not
have names beginning with "pg_" --- see
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/ddl-schemas.html#DDL-SCHEMAS-CATALOG
        regards, tom lane


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