Re: pg_class.relistemp - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: pg_class.relistemp
Date
Msg-id 4E1F58C7.4010305@agliodbs.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: pg_class.relistemp  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg_class.relistemp
Re: pg_class.relistemp
List pgsql-hackers
> There has never, ever, been a guarantee that the system catalogs don't
> change across versions.  Anybody issuing such queries should expect to
> have to retest them and possibly change them in each new major release.

I know that's always been our policy.  It his, however,
vendor-unfriendly because we don't supply any interface for many things
(such as temp tables) other than the system catalogs.

So if we're going to break compatibility, then we could stand to make a
little noise about it.

-- 
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com


pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Bruce Momjian
Date:
Subject: Re: Need help understanding pg_locks
Next
From: Magnus Hagander
Date:
Subject: Re: pg_class.relistemp