At 09:09 18/07/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:
>Philip Warner wrote:
>
>> This is the sort of thing I'd like to see, but on a more general level:
>>
>> format_object('table', <oid>)
>>
>> would return the base definition of the table.
>
>format_object(<oid>) should be sufficient.
>
Technically yes, but my belief is that identifying what the oid points to
is actually a matter of searching everywhere, which is probably to be avoided.
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