> Seems like a good idea to me --- we've been trying to reduce pg_dump's
> knowledge of backend nitty-gritty, and this would be another small step
> in the right direction.
>
> > Also, it doesn't format them as nicely as the current pg_dump code...
>
> That's fixable no?  I guess you might want to consider what psql's \d
> display will look like too, but I don't recall that we ever promised
> anyone that the pg_get_xxx functions would output no unnecessary
> whitespace.

We make pg_get_xxx2 functions that return a formatted version.  Internally,
we just add an extra boolean parameter to the pg_get_triggerdef() function
in ruleutils and we call that true or false depending...

Chris


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