Chris Travers <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I make the following assumptions: > 1) All backend references to identifiers are treated as quoted by the > backend as mentioned in a previous thread. > 2) Same with official clients like psql. > 3) We don't guarantee complete backward compatibility in the system > catalogs anyway (note that this is a trivial problem to solve if 1 above > is solved-- schemas, views, and rules can accomplish some cool tricks > :-) ). None of these assumptions are acceptable, particularly not #2. In reality #2 is a proxy for "I'm willing to break all existing clients that look at the system catalogs". Which we're not. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
