"TJ O'Donnell" <tjo@acm.org> writes:
> I guess what I'm asking is: Is there a better way to keep track of a
> table once it's registered in my master table than just to put its
> name in my master table? Some system oid type thing that stays fixed
> in spite of renames or other tables mods?
Yeah, you can store the pg_class OID of the table, instead of (or in
addition to) its name. This is exactly what the system itself considers
to be the "identity" of the table.
regards, tom lane