Excerpts from Robert Haas's message of mié jun 22 08:56:02 -0400 2011: > Another option might be to leave heap_openrv() and relation_openrv() > alone and add a missing_ok argument to try_heap_openrv() and > try_relation_openrv(). Passing true would give the same behavior as > presently; passing false would make them behave like the non-try > version.
That would be pretty weird, having two functions, one of them sometimes doing the same thing as the other one. I understand Noah's concern but I think your original proposal was saner than both options presented so far. -- Álvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers