Re: machine-parseable object descriptions

From: Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>
To: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Subject: Re: machine-parseable object descriptions
Date: 2013-03-19 02:23:08
Message-ID: 5147CC0C.7000308@darrenduncan.net
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On 2013.03.18 1:03 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> For Dimitri's patch to add support for dropped objects in event
> triggers, there's an open question about how to report objects that are
> being dropped in a tabular format.

Now that JSON is a built-in type with 9.2+, could we not perhaps use that to
represent some things in a more natural manner than a tabular format? JSON is
designed to be machine-parseable, and some objects such as routine definitions
are naturally trees of arbitrary depth. -- Darren Duncan

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