Re: Indication of db-shared tables

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Excerpts from Greg Sabino Mullane's message of mi jun 22 03:24:34 UTC 2011:
> >
> > Hash: RIPEMD160
> >
> > > Do we do enough to show which tables are db shared, e.g. pg_database? I
> > > don't see any indication from psql \dS. Are our docs clear enough?
> >
> > I don't think \dS should be indicating such a thing. I think it's documented
> > well enough: if you are doing something that it matters enough which
> > tables are shared, you really oughtta know about them anyway.
>
> Yeah. The user can't create new ones either, so why would it matter?

I assumed it was important to indicate if someone was looking at
per-database or per-cluster data, like pg_tablespace. The issue comes
up when I do admin training about the system tables.

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