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* Regclass what does reg mean @ 2021-11-12 20:41 Cabe Steele <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:49 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean David G. Johnston <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:54 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean Tom Lane <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Cabe Steele @ 2021-11-12 20:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pgsql-novice What does reg mean? Regclass regtype, regoper, etc Thanks, Cabe ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Regclass what does reg mean 2021-11-12 20:41 Regclass what does reg mean Cabe Steele <[email protected]> @ 2021-11-12 20:49 ` David G. Johnston <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: David G. Johnston @ 2021-11-12 20:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Cabe Steele <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-novice On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 1:41 PM Cabe Steele <[email protected]> wrote: > What does reg mean? Regclass regtype, regoper, etc > > "registration id for a ..." seems like a good fit. David J. ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Regclass what does reg mean 2021-11-12 20:41 Regclass what does reg mean Cabe Steele <[email protected]> @ 2021-11-12 20:54 ` Tom Lane <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:56 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> 1 sibling, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Tom Lane @ 2021-11-12 20:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Cabe Steele <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-novice Cabe Steele <[email protected]> writes: > What does reg mean? Regclass regtype, regoper, etc The origin is lost in the mists of time --- regproc dates back to Berkeley times, and the rest of those were named on its precedent. I've always supposed that it meant "registered", as in "entered in the system catalogs", but I wasn't there when regproc was invented. I wonder if there's any evidence for that ... [ digs ] ... ah-hah, ref.cat in the Postgres v4r2 tarball, dated 03/13/94, says POSTGRES Type Meaning Required ... regproc registered procedure * ... regards, tom lane ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Regclass what does reg mean 2021-11-12 20:41 Regclass what does reg mean Cabe Steele <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:54 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean Tom Lane <[email protected]> @ 2021-11-12 20:56 ` Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:57 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean David G. Johnston <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Bruce Momjian @ 2021-11-12 20:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; +Cc: Cabe Steele <[email protected]>; pgsql-novice On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 03:54:42PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Cabe Steele <[email protected]> writes: > > What does reg mean? Regclass regtype, regoper, etc > > The origin is lost in the mists of time --- regproc dates back to > Berkeley times, and the rest of those were named on its precedent. > I've always supposed that it meant "registered", as in "entered in > the system catalogs", but I wasn't there when regproc was invented. > > I wonder if there's any evidence for that ... [ digs ] ... ah-hah, > ref.cat in the Postgres v4r2 tarball, dated 03/13/94, says > > POSTGRES Type Meaning Required > ... > regproc registered procedure * > ... Wow, nice sleuth work! -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com If only the physical world exists, free will is an illusion. ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Regclass what does reg mean 2021-11-12 20:41 Regclass what does reg mean Cabe Steele <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:54 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean Tom Lane <[email protected]> 2021-11-12 20:56 ` Re: Regclass what does reg mean Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> @ 2021-11-12 20:57 ` David G. Johnston <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: David G. Johnston @ 2021-11-12 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>; +Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>; Cabe Steele <[email protected]>; pgsql-novice On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 1:56 PM Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 03:54:42PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > > Cabe Steele <[email protected]> writes: > > > What does reg mean? Regclass regtype, regoper, etc > > > I wonder if there's any evidence for that ... [ digs ] ... ah-hah, > > ref.cat in the Postgres v4r2 tarball, dated 03/13/94, says > > > > POSTGRES Type Meaning Required > > ... > > regproc registered procedure * > > ... > > Wow, nice sleuth work! > > I'm just hoping Tom is only a digital hoarder. David J. ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 5+ messages in thread
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