Re: pg_depend

> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > > That was me.  The point, however, was, given object id 145928, how the
> > > heck to you know what table this comes from?
> >
> > I think we will need the relid of the system table.  I imagine four
> > columns:
> >
> >     object relid
> >     object oid
> >     reference relid
> >     references oid
> 
> I'm not seeing the point.  You're essentially duplicating the information
> that's already available in the system catalogs.  This is bound to become
> a catastrophe the minute a user steps in and does manual surgery on some
> catalog.  (And yes, manual surgery should still be possible.)

But how then do you find the system table that uses the given oid? 
Wasn't that your valid complaint?

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