On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 18:02:01 +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Why are they useful???? If you want PG specific stuff then use the PG > >>specific catalogs!!! > > > >The information schema could be used to provide a more stable interface. > >The pg catalog changes from release to release and it would be nice to > >be able to write code which is more future proof. > > Really? It will have the same problem! That being that when we change > stuff in the catalogs, we will need to change it in the info schema as > well more than likely...
That isn't my expectation. I would expect that in most cases the pg catalog would be changed to include more information, not less and that the old information affected by a change could still be obtained by using a more complicated view. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
