On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:12:44PM +0300, ???????????? wrote: > Hello! > > In what way can I determine is the table system? ODBC driver does it > by checking table name's prefix: if it begins with 'pg_' - driver > desides that the table is system, but that's a bad idea. I can create > table and call it 'pg_mytable', but it won't become system! >From http://lnk.nu/cvs.pgfoundry.org/3yb.sql: -- Note that generic case would be "select $1 like ''pg!_%'' escape ''!'' create or replace function _pg_sv_system_schema(name) returns boolean as 'select $1 in (name ''pg_catalog'', name ''pg_toast'', name ''pg_sysviews'', name ''information_schema'')' language sql immutable strict; create or replace function _pg_sv_temp_schema(name) returns boolean as 'select $1 like ''pg!_temp!_%'' escape ''!'' ' language sql immutable strict; Of course, as others have mentioned, that won't work if you're pre-schemas. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings