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Re: [JDBC] Bug - DatabaseMetaData.getCatalogs() was [Novice] Can't get list of databases with \list - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Kris Jurka
Subject Re: [JDBC] Bug - DatabaseMetaData.getCatalogs() was [Novice] Can't get list of databases with \list
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Msg-id alpine.BSO.2.00.0911031313040.29390@leary.csoft.net
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In response to Bug - DatabaseMetaData.getCatalogs() was [Novice] Can't get list of databases with \list  (Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2009, Richard Broersma wrote:

> I verified that the DatabaseMetaData.getCatalogs() only returns a
> ResultSet with the currently connect database rather than all of the
> databases in the PostgreSQL cluster.
>

The previous discussion to refer to is probably:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-jdbc/2004-01/msg00164.php

Crippling getCatalogs was the best proposed solution to the fact that no
other catalog based functionality existed (or could).

Kris Jurka

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