Re: [GENERAL] Table containing only valid table names

2013-04-27 Thread Jasen Betts
On 2013-04-26, Michael Graham wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to create a table that contains only valid table names. could you get by with a view off pg_catalog.pg_tables or information_schema.tables -- ⚂⚃ 100% natural -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)

Re: [GENERAL] Table containing only valid table names

2013-04-26 Thread salah jubeh
Regards From: Richard Huxton To: Michael Graham Cc: "pgsql-general@postgresql.org" Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Table containing only valid table names On 26/04/13 16:09, Michael Graham wrote: > I'm pretty sure

Re: [GENERAL] Table containing only valid table names

2013-04-26 Thread Richard Huxton
On 26/04/13 16:09, Michael Graham wrote: I'm pretty sure I can't do what I need as postgres doesn't support triggers on DDL but maybe I'm wrong. If you're still in development and not live, it'll be worth checking out 9.3 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/event-triggers.html -- R

[GENERAL] Table containing only valid table names

2013-04-26 Thread Michael Graham
Hi all, I'm trying to create a table that contains only valid table names. I'm currently using reglass for the field type which works fine for when you are adding to the table (i.e. you can't add invalid tablesnames to the table). But it is still possible to leave the table in an invalid sta