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Re: Not all functions in schema pg_catalog are "visible"

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Thomas Kellerer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just noticed that that there are functions defined (such as pg_catalog.time(timestamp) that can only be called when prefixed with pg_catalog. However other functions (that are at first glance defined identically to time()) can be called without prefixing them with pg_catalog.

I think it's not that they are visible but rather that their names are
keywords.  So you could also call them by quoting them, e.g.
"time"(timestamp).  IIRC there's a view listing all keywords you can use
to figure this out.

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