Re: Help extending pg_class

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: overbored <overbored(at)overbored(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Help extending pg_class
Date: 2004-12-20 15:50:07
Message-ID: 19539.1103557807@sss.pgh.pa.us
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overbored <overbored(at)overbored(dot)net> writes:
> Hi all, I added a new variable-length field to the pg_class catalog, but
> I did something wrong, and I can't tell what else I'd need to change.
> ...
> The REVOKE command invokes ExecuteGrantStmt_Relation() to modify the
> relacl attribute of pg_class, which is the last attribute and also
> var-length. My new field is interfering with this operation somehow. For
> some reason, in frame 2, the new 'value' array is allocated with length
> numberOfAttributes = RelationGetForm(relation)->relnatts = 25, instead
> of 26.

I think that would come from Natts_pg_class (via formrdesc()). Are you
sure you updated pg_class completely, did a full rebuild, and an initdb?

regards, tom lane

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