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Re: Bug in pg_describe_object, patch v2

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se>
Cc: Joel Jacobson <joel@gluefinance.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>, Jim Nasby <jim@nasby.net>, Herrera Alvaro <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, pgsql-hackers Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-01-13T00:47:12Z
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  1. Add pg_describe_object function

Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> writes:
> Here is a very simple change of the patch to make the output look more
> like the syntax of ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY to improve consistency.

IMO, what this patch needs is to not output the types unless they are
actually different from the default (which can be inferred from the AM
type and the function arguments).  That would fix my concern about it
emitting information that is 99.44% useless.

			regards, tom lane