Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Next question: why is RelationInitLockInfo using
>> RelationGetPhysicalRelationName to get the input data for
>> IsSharedSystemRelationName --- shouldn't that be a test on logical
>> relation name? Or maybe the entire premise of
>> IsSharedSystemRelationName is bogus now, and we ought to use some other
>> way to decide if a relation is cross-database or not?
> No, because if they create a temp table that masks a system table in the
> current session, you want the physical name so it can know if it is a
> real system table, or a temp/fake one.
Well, you clearly don't want to be fooled by temp relations. I was
sorta visualizing a check based on relation OIDs instead of names...
regards, tom lane