Re: Dealing with table names in functions

From: Reece Hart <reece(at)harts(dot)net>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Dealing with table names in functions
Date: 2007-03-22 16:39:51
Message-ID: 1174581591.5096.21.camel@snafu.site
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On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 09:40 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Pass the optionally qualified name and cast it to regclass. It will
> work correctly when the name is not qualified, applying search_path,
> and it will also work when the name is qualified.

Is there a way to get names that are always qualified, irrespective of
the search_path? Once one has the oid, it's an easy function to write,
but I suspect this machinery already exists.

For example, I'd like the hypothetical cast:
rkh(at)csb-dev=> set search_path = 'unison';
SET

rkh(at)csb-dev=> select 'pseq'::regclass::oid::FQregclass;
regclass
----------
unison.pseq
(1 row)

-Reece

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