On 11 July 2013 00:03, Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de> wrote:
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> --On 8. Juli 2013 16:04:31 +0000 Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
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>> * pg_relation_is_updatable is only available in 9.3, whereas psql may
>> connect to older servers, so it needs to guard against that.
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> Oh of course, i forgot about this. Thanks for pointing out.
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>> * If we're doing this, I think we should do it for auto-updatable
>> views at the same time.
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>> There was concern that pg_relation_is_updatable() would end up opening
>> every relation in the database, hammering performance. I now realise
>> that these tab-complete queries have a limit (1000 by default) so I
>> don't think this is such an issue. I tested it by creating 10,000
>> randomly named auto-updatable views on top of a table, and didn't see
>> any performance problems.
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>> Here's an updated patch based on the above points.
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> Okay, are you adding this to the september commitfest?
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OK, I've done that. I think that it's too late for 9.3.
Regards,
Dean