Re: Should PG backend know how to representmetadata?

At 09:09 18/07/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:
>Philip Warner wrote:
>
>> This is the sort of thing I'd like to see, but on a more general level:
>> 
>>     format_object('table', <oid>)
>> 
>> would return the base definition of the table.
>
>format_object(<oid>) should be sufficient.
>

Technically yes, but my belief is that identifying what the oid points to
is actually a matter of searching everywhere, which is probably to be avoided.


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