Re: Suggestion: additional system views

On Monday 06 June 2005 17:35, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Josh Berkus wrote:
> > Bruce,
> >
> > > I do like this idea. Can you make a general patch? Do others like the
> > > idea of system tables showing error codes and keywords?
> >
> > Yes. However, I think the idea of additional system views has already
> > been shot down in flames.
> >
> > Unless people think that it's reasonable to have a system view for error
> > codes and not one for, say, operators?
>
> Uh, I thought the shoot-down was for duplication of existing information
> in new system tables, not the addition of new system table information,
> e.g. we have pg_operator, but no list of error codes or keywords in the
> system tables.

Would this include a new view for showing user priviliges, rather than the
current method of incense and chanting that are needed to divine the meaning
of pg_class.relacl ?

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