Re: ERROR: argument to pg_get_expr() must come from system catalogs

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ERROR: argument to pg_get_expr() must come from system catalogs
Date: 2010-07-30 08:07:18
Message-ID: AANLkTinYXTxrTs4Unpd_zLF+Qgd5HG0aq+eqeAEDBXfO@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> writes:
>> We had a report of the above error from a pgAdmin user testing
>> 1.12.0b3 with PG 9.0b3. The (highly simplified) query below works fine
>> as a superuser:
>
>> SELECT pg_get_expr(proargdefaults, 'pg_catalog.pg_class'::regclass)
>>   FROM pg_proc pr
>>   LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_description des ON des.objoid=pr.oid
>
>> Run as a regular user though, we get the error.
>
> I've applied a (rather hurried) patch for this for 9.0beta4.

Thanks. Bruce seemed to think it affected 8.4.4 as well - would that
be the case, or is it something else?

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise Postgres Company

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