Add new OID alias type regdatabase.

Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>

Commit: bd09f024a1bbdd7a7e2ca944595a9d4b6c90fb83
Author: Nathan Bossart <nathan@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-06-30T20:38:54Z
Add new OID alias type regdatabase.

This provides a convenient way to look up a database's OID.  For
example, the query

    SELECT * FROM pg_shdepend
    WHERE dbid = (SELECT oid FROM pg_database
                  WHERE datname = current_database());

can now be simplified to

    SELECT * FROM pg_shdepend
    WHERE dbid = current_database()::regdatabase;

Like the regrole type, regdatabase has cluster-wide scope, so we
disallow regdatabase constants from appearing in stored
expressions.

Bumps catversion.

Author: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jian He <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabrízio de Royes Mello <fabriziomello@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/aBpjJhyHpM2LYcG0%40nathan

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