Re: Re: [HACKERS] contrib

Wouldn't this be better as part of PostgreSQL's standard functions,
instead of being in contrib?

Feels like this kind of function is useful "for everyone".

???

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

Joe Conway wrote:
>
> > > Is there a formal way of submiting something to the
> > > contrib section of the distribution?
> >
> > Not really. Just throw it over to patches, and we will check it out.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us
>
> While thinking about how to implement TABLE_PRIVILEGES view per SQL92, I
> realized that a function is needed to dynamically return the current
> database name, and current database owner. I also remembered that I have
> needed the first function before and could not find anything. Attached is a
> group of 4 functions, suitable (I think) for contrib, as follows:
>
> current_dbname() - returns name of current database
> current_dboid() - retuns oid of current database
> current_dbownername() - returns owner name of current database (based on
> datdba)
> current_dbownerid() - returns owner usesysid (well, more accurately datdba)
>
> Installation:
> copy to contrib
> tar -xzvf current_db.tgz
> cd current_db
> ./install.sh (or alternatively make; make install; psql -U postgres
> your_db_name < current_db.sql)
>
> I'd like to have this considered for inclusion in contrib if deemed useful
> to others. Is there anything specific I need to do to in addition to the
> attached?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Joe
>
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