Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YzBVC-0004ij-Fq for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 22:14:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YzBVB-0001Wk-7p for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 22:14:41 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YzBVA-0001Wd-AP for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 22:14:40 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1YzBV7-0001MX-Q9 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Sun, 31 May 2015 22:14:39 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id t4VMEV4g032512; Sun, 31 May 2015 18:14:32 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Peter Eisentraut cc: =?UTF-8?B?Q2zDqW1lbnQgUHLDqXZvc3Q=?= , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Documentation on information_ schema columns that does not exist In-reply-to: <32009.1433109284@sss.pgh.pa.us> References: <32009.1433109284@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Tom Lane message dated "Sun, 31 May 2015 17:54:44 -0400" Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 18:14:31 -0400 Message-ID: <32511.1433110471@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org I wrote: > Another problem in the same area is that the column types of > foreign_table_schema and foreign_table_name seem to be "name": Further pursuant to that, these are the information_schema columns that don't seem to have been cast to the spec-required type: column_options | column_name | name column_options | table_name | name column_options | table_schema | name foreign_table_options | foreign_table_name | name foreign_table_options | foreign_table_schema | name foreign_tables | foreign_table_name | name foreign_tables | foreign_table_schema | name regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs