Thread: DatabaseMetadata.getTypeInfo resultset returns more than just Postgres/user defined data types

On 09/24/2012 11:12 PM, the6campbells wrote:
> The result set returned from DatabaseMetadata.getTypeInfo contains many
> rows for instance it returns entries for tables and views in schemas.

Everything is in a schema; if you don't specify a schema you just get
the schema "public" by default.

> This seems inconsistent with the 'spirit' of what this method is
> intended to facilitiate.

It lists all the types. Seems sensible to me. If you want to filter by
schema, you filter by schema.

Should types in pg_catalog.* be hidden? If so, what if an extension adds
new types? Should they be listed? What if the *same* extension is
instead installed into the public schema - should its types be visible,
or hidden? What about a type created in `pg_temp`?

It's just too messy with an extensible database like PostgreSQL. Without
a very strong justification based on the JDBC spec for excluding system
types (and how would we even define "system type"?) I'm strongly against
changing the current behaviour.

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Craig Ringer