Re: pgsql: Make the pg_stat_activity view call a SRF

Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > Sure, see pg_timezone_abbrevs(), pg_timezone_names().
> >
> > (This only started to work recently, which is why we have so many
> > record-returning functions that don't do it that way.  It might be
> > an idea to fix them all sooner or later.)
>
> Wow, that was easy. Not sure where I got the impression it was hard
> from - probably last looked at it before it was made easy, and didn't
> re-check :-)
>
> Updated the pg_stat_get_activity() function to use this.
>
> And yes, I agree that it's probably a very good idea to go over our
> other SRFs and fix them all. I can take a look at that eventually, but
> for now I think we stick it on the TODO?

Added to TODO:

    * Fix system views like pg_stat_all_tables to use set-returning
      functions, rather than views of per-column functions

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