> On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > > > Currently, large objects are stored internally as xinv### and xinx###.
> > > >
> > > > I would like to rename this for 6.4 to be _lobject_### to prevent
> > > > namespace collisions, and make them clearer for administrators.
> > > >
> > > > However, this may cause problems for backward compatability for large
> > > > object users. As I see there are going to be other new large object
> > > > things in 6.4, it may not be an issue.
> > > >
> > > > Is is OK to rename them internally?
> > >
> > > Shouldn't be a problem. JDBC does refer to the xin prefix with the
> > > getTables method, so it's simply a single change there.
> >
> > I am suggesting changes in later releases to older interfaces can
> > communicated with 6.4 without any problems.
>
> That sounds ok.
Yes. Older odbc/java/psql interfaces still use the xinv pattern to
restrict table lists. As new interfaces use relkind, I can then change
the internal name.
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