Re: obj_unique_identifier(oid) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joel Jacobson
Subject Re: obj_unique_identifier(oid)
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Msg-id AANLkTimpssYzD5VTq2--W+OuJkfcam_+2yLQoY=NiA7B@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: obj_unique_identifier(oid)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: obj_unique_identifier(oid)  (Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>)
Re: obj_unique_identifier(oid)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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2011/1/8 Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>:
> I don't think your analysis is correct.  Each entry in pg_depend
> represents the fact that one object depends on another object, and an
> object could easily depend on more than one other object, or be
> depended upon by more than one other object, or depend on one object
> and be depended on by another.

What does that have to do with this?

Two different oids represents two different objects, right?
Two different objects should have two different descriptions, right?
Otherwise I cannot see how one can argue the description being unique.

The pg_describe_object returns unique descriptions for all object
types, except for the 5 types I unexpectedly found.


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