Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ldw8Z-0008NK-4v for pgsql-bugs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 May 2021 14:34:59 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ldw8Y-0002XS-1p for pgsql-bugs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 May 2021 14:34:58 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ldw8X-0002XL-S0 for pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 May 2021 14:34:57 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ldw8V-0003WB-4a for pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 04 May 2021 14:34:57 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 144EYqPl3904666; Tue, 4 May 2021 10:34:52 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Federico cc: "pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org" Subject: Re: BUG #16991: regclass is not case sensitive causing "relation does not exist" error In-reply-to: References: <16991-bcaeaafa17e0a723@postgresql.org> <3896142.1620136761@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Federico message dated "Tue, 04 May 2021 16:29:32 +0200" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-ID: <3904664.1620138892.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Tue, 04 May 2021 10:34:52 -0400 Message-ID: <3904665.1620138892@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Federico writes: > I did not come across that documented behavior while searching for regclass > in the pg docs. The most relevant page I was able to find was the Object > Identifier Types page that does not mention it. > I’ll look into proposing a change in that docs page to mention it, if > that’s the appropriate location for it. Hmm ... I *thought* it was documented, but perhaps not. If not, it's likely that the other reg* types are likewise underdocumented. regards, tom lane