Re: Phantom Command ID

Tom Lane wrote:
>> We could rename pg_attribute as pg_userattribute, and remove all the 
>> system attributes from that. To stay backwards-compatible, we could have 
>> a pg_attribute view on top of that contained the system attributes as well.
>>     
>
> I don't really think this is necessary.  How many client programs have
> you seen that don't explicitly exclude attnum<0 anyway?  The places that
> will need work are inside the backend, and a view won't help them.
>   

None, there probably isn't any client programs like that. It would be 
nice for programs to be able to discover what system attributes there 
is, though.

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