Re: [GENERAL] contrib catalogs

2008-07-24 Thread Kevin Neufeld
Thanx for tip, Tom. I'll definitely give that a try in my spare time. Cheers, Kevin Tom Lane wrote: Kevin Neufeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom Lane wrote: 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 be

Re: [GENERAL] contrib catalogs

2008-07-24 Thread Tom Lane
Kevin Neufeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Tom Lane wrote: >>> 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. > Sorry, Tom. I think you are mistaken. In my 8.3 inst

Re: [GENERAL] contrib catalogs

2008-07-24 Thread Kevin Neufeld
Tom Lane wrote: 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 Sorry, Tom. I think you are mistaken. In my 8.3 instance, system catalo

Re: [GENERAL] contrib catalogs

2008-07-24 Thread Kevin Neufeld
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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: This might seem like a silly question, but what are the implications of PostgreSQL allowing developers to create custom catal

Re: [GENERAL] contrib catalogs

2008-07-23 Thread Tom Lane
Kevin Neufeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.

[GENERAL] contrib catalogs

2008-07-23 Thread Kevin Neufeld
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 a