> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Copeland [mailto:greg@CopelandConsulting.Net]
> Sent: 13 January 2003 20:56
> To: Robert Treat
> Cc: greg@turnstep.com; PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] \d type queries - why not views in
> system catalog?!?
>
>
> Oh!
>
> That's an excellent idea. Seemingly addresses the issue and
> has value-add. I'm not aware of any gotchas here. Is there
> something that is being overlooked?
Why use functions instead of views? Most UIs will want to format the
output as they see fit so a recordset would be the appropriate output.
Yes, a function could do this, but surely views would be simpler to
implement and maintain.
Regards, Dave.