Re: Get rid of system attributes in pg_attribute?

From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Get rid of system attributes in pg_attribute?
Date: 2005-02-19 16:57:52
Message-ID: 42177010.8040701@pse-consulting.de
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Dave Page wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of client code that actually pays attention to
>> pg_attribute rows with negative attnums?
>
> pgAdmin certainly knows about them, but I don't believe it'll break
> if they go.

It only knows that attnum < 0 must be a system column; no specific
knowledge or interpretation of it.
Would those columns remain selectable for debugging/maintenance
purposes, despite not appearing in system catalogs?

Regards,
Andreas

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