On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Richard Broersma
<richard.broersma@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
<
postgresql6@numerixtechnology.de> wrote:
> Interesting. I have previously used the information_schema for similar
> queries.
>
> What are the pros and cons for using either pg_catalog or
> information_schema?
between major releases while the information_schema is expected to be
more stable between major releases.
Applications that depend upon the information_schema rather than
pg_catalog are less likely to break when the PostgreSQL server is
upgraded.
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Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
The reason for this is that the pg_* tables are obviously specific to Postgres, and do change between versions.
The information_schema tables are actually part of the SQL standard so it is a portable way to get information about the database structure.
-Adam Cornett