Re: \d is not showing global(normal) table info if we createtemporary table with same name as global table

On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 12:59 PM Mahendra Singh <mahi6run@gmail.com> wrote:
> While reading code and doing some testing, I found that if we create a temporary table with same name as we created a
normal(global)table, then \d is showing only temporary table info.
 

That's because the query that \d issues to the backend includes:

  AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)

So I'd say it's not a bug, because that bit of SQL didn't get included
in the query by accident.

Whether it is the behavior that everybody wants is debatable, but I
think it's been this way since 2002. See commit
039cb479884abc28ee494f6cf6c5e7ec26b88fc8.

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