Matt Andrews writes:
> Incidentally, I have become interested in the pg_node_tree type. I can't
> find much info on it. Would that be in the source? What would be the first
> steps for writing an extension for this sort of thing?
pg_node_tree is just a serialization of the tree-of-Node-structs
re
After thinking about this one for a while, I imagined even more nightmarish
scenarios than what you've just described here, and mapping the source
columns no longer seems like a viable idea.
Fortunately, there are a few work arounds I can rely on that particular to
our database design, which means
Matt Andrews writes:
> I'm trying to map view columns to their source columns using the system
> catalogs and information schema, but not having much luck. It's easy to
> determine which columns a view *depends *on, but not how those columns are
> mapped to the columns of the view. It seems like
t want to manipulate the
returned data based on the types/constraints of the underlying columns of
the view.
It seems like mapping view columns to their source columns should be
something that's been done before. Is it possible?
Matt Andrews
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