Re: Unused pg_class columns

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: "Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unused pg_class columns
Date: 2001-05-30 14:17:45
Message-ID: 21524.991232265@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Are these columns in pg_class:
> relukeys | relfkeys | relhaspkey
> unused or what?

They may be unused by the backend, but that doesn't mean that
applications don't look at them. I find references to relhaspkey
in pgaccess, for example.

regards, tom lane

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