Excerpts from Kohei KaiGai's message of dom jul 31 02:21:55 -0400 2011: > 2011/7/29 Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> > It would likely be better to not expose the struct type, just individual > > lookup functions. > > > If so, individual functions to expose a certain property of the supplied > object type should be provided. > > int get_object_property_catid_oidlookup(ObjectType); > int get_object_property_catid_namelookup(ObjectType); > Oid get_object_property_relation_id(ObjectType); > AttrNumber get_object_property_nameattnum(ObjectType); > AttrNumber get_object_property_namespacenum(ObjectType); > AttrNumber get_object_property_ownershipnum(ObjectType); Maybe a single lookup function that receives pointers that the lookup routine can fill with the appropriate information; allowing for a NULL pointer in each, meaning caller is not interested in that property. -- Álvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
