Re: Fix unqualified catalog references in psql describe queries

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>, Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>, "L(dot) pgsql-hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(dot)oss(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Fix unqualified catalog references in psql describe queries
Date: 2026-06-10 22:17:26
Message-ID: ainidgpzJaWhtApU@paquier.xyz
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On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 09:51:03AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro_Herrera?= <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de> writes:
>> I think we should just ditch the idea that operators live in schemas.
>
> How would you do that without removing user-defined operators
> altogether? (And thereby breaking most extensions.)

I am ready to estimate that the amount of existing users that would be
pissed after such a removal would be higher than the number of users
feeling safer with their queries after this operator capability is
removed. All of them are probably already using their own search_path
for queries they care about anyway.
--
Michael

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