| From: | Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org> |
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| To: | Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Yugo Nagata <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)dalibo(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Pavel Golub <pavel(at)gf(dot)microolap(dot)com>, Pavel Golub <pavel(at)microolap(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pavel Stěhule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Fwd: Proposal: variant of regclass |
| Date: | 2014-03-23 11:43:42 |
| Message-ID: | CABRT9RBq-JSQU_wnDPUyGpjSXXo1N5zC1Xc8wkxv1xqhW38ujQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Anyone has any objection for this behaviour difference between
> usage of ::regclass and to_regclass()?
No, I think that makes a lot of sense given the behavior -- if the
object is not there, to_regclass() just returns NULL. It doesn't
require the object to be present, it should not create a dependency.
This allows you to, for example, drop and recreate sequences while
tables are still using them.
Regards,
Marti
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