Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> How do you mean "where"?
> I was more wondering where in the source tree to put and how to install
> it. I would suggest the following: I have a file information_schema.sql
> which contains the commands to create the information schema in a
> user-space manner. I'd put it into backend/catalog, from there it gets
> installed in the same place the .bki files go, and initdb installs it into
> template1 near the end.
Ah. That works for me.
> Maybe someone wants to make a case for putting the information schema
> definitions into a bunch of separate .sql files, one for each item defined
> in the standard?
One file per item is way overkill ... especially when there's no obvious
reason that people would want some but not all of these items.
> We also have to think whether we want to magically represent the
> information_schema in the search path as the spec prescribes.
We already have the necessary mechanism to let this be set on a
per-installation (or even per-database or per-user) basis. I agree with
your thought that we need not make it the factory default.
regards, tom lane
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