Remove traces of otherwise unused RELKIND_SPECIAL symbol. Leave the psql bits

in place though, so that it plays nicely with older servers.

Per discussion.

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
index fe993aa4eeb7aa4caa61c38a18e6024bcc831d80..27ea27fec4e827f9a65b121477548724ced79365 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/catalogs.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+
 
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@
    everything else that has columns or is otherwise similar to a
    table.  This includes indexes (but see also
    pg_index), sequences, views, composite types,
-   and some kinds of special relation; see relkind.
+   and TOAST tables; see relkind.
    Below, when we mean all of these
    kinds of objects we speak of relations.  Not all
    columns are meaningful for all relation types.
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@
       
        r = ordinary table, i = index,
        S = sequence, v = view, c =
-       composite type, s = special, t = TOAST
+       composite type, t = TOAST
        table
       
      

diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
index dcb9fc8fb64dca094b7345fde5f1fbfeacb7d40e..15556fda538c3cbd4c5b0b6ae170088b2fca232f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *   $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,v 1.212 2006/05/10 23:18:39 tgl Exp $
+ *   $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/heap/heapam.c,v 1.213 2006/05/28 02:27:08 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *
  * INTERFACE ROUTINES
@@ -794,8 +794,8 @@ relation_close(Relation relation, LOCKMODE lockmode)
  *     heap_open - open a heap relation by relation OID
  *
  *     This is essentially relation_open plus check that the relation
- *     is not an index or special relation.  (The caller should also check
- *     that it's not a view before assuming it has storage.)
+ *     is not an index nor a composite type.  (The caller should also
+ *     check that it's not a view before assuming it has storage.)
  * ----------------
  */
 Relation
@@ -810,11 +810,6 @@ heap_open(Oid relationId, LOCKMODE lockmode)
                (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
                 errmsg("\"%s\" is an index",
                        RelationGetRelationName(r))));
-   else if (r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_SPECIAL)
-       ereport(ERROR,
-               (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
-                errmsg("\"%s\" is a special relation",
-                       RelationGetRelationName(r))));
    else if (r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_COMPOSITE_TYPE)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
@@ -845,11 +840,6 @@ heap_openrv(const RangeVar *relation, LOCKMODE lockmode)
                (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
                 errmsg("\"%s\" is an index",
                        RelationGetRelationName(r))));
-   else if (r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_SPECIAL)
-       ereport(ERROR,
-               (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
-                errmsg("\"%s\" is a special relation",
-                       RelationGetRelationName(r))));
    else if (r->rd_rel->relkind == RELKIND_COMPOSITE_TYPE)
        ereport(ERROR,
                (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),

diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
index 3493c6c70b9dd938ffd46b43a79a0d2917a680c9..3543ac2280b59e7d7271b453569b52c6b8ddcac1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *   $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c,v 1.53 2006/04/30 01:08:06 momjian Exp $
+ *   $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c,v 1.54 2006/05/28 02:27:08 alvherre Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1898,10 +1898,6 @@ getRelationDescription(StringInfo buffer, Oid relid)
            appendStringInfo(buffer, _("index %s"),
                             relname);
            break;
-       case RELKIND_SPECIAL:
-           appendStringInfo(buffer, _("special system relation %s"),
-                            relname);
-           break;
        case RELKIND_SEQUENCE:
            appendStringInfo(buffer, _("sequence %s"),
                             relname);

diff --git a/src/bin/psql/describe.c b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
index d2c808f583d07749dfdd3217fbb551f101fa425e..44d16a4e4ebc7f2861ec336ef3fd5eccc51bda81 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/psql/describe.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/describe.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.135 2006/05/26 23:48:54 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/describe.c,v 1.136 2006/05/28 02:27:08 alvherre Exp $
  */
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 #include "describe.h"
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ describeOneTableDetails(const char *schemaname,
                              schemaname, relationname);
            break;
        case 's':
+           /* not used as of 8.2, but keep it for backwards compatibility */
            printfPQExpBuffer(&title, _("Special relation \"%s.%s\""),
                              schemaname, relationname);
            break;
@@ -1471,6 +1472,10 @@ listTables(const char *tabtypes, const char *pattern, bool verbose)
 
    initPQExpBuffer(&buf);
 
+   /*
+    * Note: as of Pg 8.2, we no longer use relkind 's', but we keep it here
+    * for backwards compatibility.
+    */
    printfPQExpBuffer(&buf,
                      "SELECT n.nspname as \"%s\",\n"
                      "  c.relname as \"%s\",\n"

diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
index ad8f0f841b238741afc768534818403e3f2a36d8..653e57023d8d6d3553c681d57ceb9ff88166a54d 100644 (file)
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2000-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c,v 1.151 2006/04/30 21:15:33 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c,v 1.152 2006/05/28 02:27:08 alvherre Exp $
  */
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -370,6 +370,10 @@ static const SchemaQuery Query_for_list_of_views = {
 "  UNION ALL SELECT 'all') ss "\
 " WHERE substring(name,1,%d)='%s'"
 
+/*
+ * Note: As of Pg 8.2, we no longer use relkind 's', but we keep it here
+ * for compatibility with older servers
+ */
 #define Query_for_list_of_system_relations \
 "SELECT pg_catalog.quote_ident(relname) "\
 "  FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c, pg_catalog.pg_namespace n "\

diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h
index 58bbf5c44186bec93598d2e44833af51d0236408..a059ae9ddc39ad594b31eaa9a2e1f5ae7a5e3e28 100644 (file)
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2006, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h,v 1.91 2006/03/05 15:58:54 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/catalog/pg_class.h,v 1.92 2006/05/28 02:27:08 alvherre Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *   the genbki.sh script reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ DESCR("");
 
 #define          RELKIND_INDEX           'i'       /* secondary index */
 #define          RELKIND_RELATION        'r'       /* ordinary cataloged heap */
-#define          RELKIND_SPECIAL         's'       /* special (non-heap) */
 #define          RELKIND_SEQUENCE        'S'       /* SEQUENCE relation */
 #define          RELKIND_UNCATALOGED     'u'       /* temporary heap */
 #define          RELKIND_TOASTVALUE      't'       /* moved off huge values */