Re: pg_depend - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pg_depend
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0107171729220.678-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: pg_depend  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg_depend  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: pg_depend  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> > I'm not seeing the point.  You're essentially duplicating the information
> > that's already available in the system catalogs.  This is bound to become
> > a catastrophe the minute a user steps in and does manual surgery on some
> > catalog.  (And yes, manual surgery should still be possible.)
>
> But how then do you find the system table that uses the given oid?

It's implied by the column you're looking at.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter



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