On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 8:58 PM Kyotaro Horiguchi
<horikyota.ntt@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you mean that the current behavior of the SQL-callable function is
> being treated as a bug and should it be corrected?
>
> Simply doing so will result in the functions pg_relation_filenode()
> and pg_filenode_relation() behaving asymmetrically. While there is no
> need to purposely change the behavior of the former, it is necessary
> to document the behavior of the latter regardless.
>
> The attached patch does the above for the master head. If we apply
> this approach to older versions, I can adapt and create similar
> patches for them.
Yes, this patch shows the approach I was asking about.
Andres, what do you think about this idea? I wonder if you just
momentarily forgot about temporary relations when coding
RelidByRelfilenumber -- because for that function to give well-defined
answers with temporary relations included, it would need the backend
ID as an additional argument.
--
Robert Haas
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