Re: contrib catalogs

Really? I didn't know that ... guess I never tried. I'll have to do
some experimenting! Thanx Tom.
-- Kevin

Tom Lane wrote:
> Kevin Neufeld <kneufeld(at)refractions(dot)net> writes:
>> This might seem like a silly question, but what are the implications of
>> PostgreSQL allowing developers to create custom catalogs?
>
>> For example, PostgreSQL currently uses the pg_catalog schema to store
>> system catalogs / relations / functions / etc. Has thought gone into
>> extending the scope to allow contrib modules to create their own
>> catalogs (ie. a PostGIS catalog, cube, tsearch2, etc.)?
>
> A superuser can create whatever he wants in pg_catalog. Whether this
> is a good idea or will behave smoothly is a topic that has not been
> thought about, to my knowledge.
>
> regards, tom lane
>