Re: [HACKERS] Rules for 6.4 finished

From: "Thomas G(dot) Lockhart" <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>
To: Jan Wieck <jwieck(at)debis(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Rules for 6.4 finished
Date: 1998-08-26 13:04:03
Message-ID: 35E407C3.C6587ED3@alumni.caltech.edu
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> I'm running into some naming problems while doing so. Having
> pg_table, pg_view etc. as views lets a users assume pg_index
> would be one too where to get some information. But pg_index
> already exists.
>
> Should I name all of them pgv_... ?
>
> Other databases have many views starting with DBA or SYS on
> the other hand. For now I'll start naming them pgv_..., we
> could rename them before applying the patch.

I recall that there are some places in the code (maybe only in the
client-side drivers?) which check explicitly for a "pg_%" pattern to
decide if a table or resource is a system table.

How about "pg_index_v", for example?

- Tom

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