Re: Bug in pg_describe_object (was: Re: [HACKERS] obj_unique_identifier(oid)) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bug in pg_describe_object (was: Re: [HACKERS] obj_unique_identifier(oid))
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Msg-id 646.1294695440@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Bug in pg_describe_object (was: Re: [HACKERS] obj_unique_identifier(oid))  (Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>)
Responses Re: Bug in pg_describe_object (was: Re: [HACKERS] obj_unique_identifier(oid))  (Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com>)
Re: Bug in pg_describe_object  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
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Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> writes:
> Here is the bug-fix patch again with a description of the context so I
> can add it to the commit fest.

> Joel Jacobson discovered a bug in the function pg_describe_object where
> it does not produce unique identifiers for some entries in pg_amproc.

There was never any intention that that code produce a guaranteed-unique
identifier; it's only meant to be a humanly useful identifer, and this
patch seems to me to mostly add noise.
        regards, tom lane


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