Tom Lane wrote: > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I agree that a wrapper function is probably an appropriate solution, > >> but only some of the calls of SearchSysCache should use it. > > > What like add another parameter to SearchSysCache*? > > Definitely *not*; I don't want to kluge up every call to SearchSysCache > with a feature that's only relevant to a small number of them.
Uh, then what? The only idea I had was to set a static boolean variable in syscache.c that controls whether droppped columns are returned, and have a enable/disable functions that can turn it on/off. The only problem is that an elog inside a syscache lookup would leave that value set. My only other idea is to make a syscache that is like ATTNAME except that it doesn't return a dropped column. I could probably code that up if you wish. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
