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Re: PSQL - prevent describe listing tables that are already in listed schemas

Nisha Moond <nisha.moond412@gmail.com> — 2026-05-20T07:09:46Z

On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 5:30 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree we should address that \d+ quirk at the same time.
>
> Thanks for finding/fixing it in v3-0002.
>
> Your 0002 patch works for me, although I'm thinking those SQL fixes
> ought to be made more similar:
> 1. Both use "n.oid NOT IN (SELECT pn.pnnspid ..."
> 2. Or both use "AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM ... WHERE ...)"
>
> ~
>
> PSA v4, where I have combined the patches, and chosen your SQL style
> for my previous \dRp+ fix.
>

+1 for the idea.

For the describePublications (\dRp+) case, should we add an (sversion
>= 150000) guard around the new change, since it accesses
pg_publication_namespace, which is only available in PG15 and above?
Thoughts?

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Thanks,
Nisha