| From: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: pg_class.relistemp |
| Date: | 2011-07-13 19:23:07 |
| Message-ID: | F0ADACAC-15A3-4E5A-A27E-6C9EE090589C@kineticode.com |
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On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I'm wondering if it would be possible to restore the relistemp column
>> to pg_class, at least for backwards compatibility, so that apps that
>> expected it can continue to work on both 9.0 and 9.1. Even if it's
>> read-only somehow, and the same as `relpersistence <> 't'`.
>
> Uh, that is going to require an initdb, and it is unlinkely we are going
> to need that this far into 9.1 beta.
I was afraid of that.
> Also, we don't normally keep
> system table columns around for backward compatibility because of the
> confusion it can cause, e.g. which column do I look at?
The one that's documented.
Wasn't newsysviews supposed to deal with these sorts of issues? Why were they rejected?
Best,
David
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