Re: \d type queries - why not views in system catalog?!?

Hannu Krosing <hannu@tm.ee> writes:
> Will information_schema be strictly SQL99 or will it also have
> PostgreSQL specific views/fields ?

If it's not strictly conformant to the spec, I see no value in it at
all.  We already have plenty of ability to query the catalogs via
non-standard queries.
        regards, tom lane