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test=# create table pg_test (x int);
ERROR:  Illegal class name 'pg_test'
	The 'pg_' name prefix is reserved for system catalogs
test=# 

Yuck! :-)

Perhaps a new relkind could be added to pg_class; say "R" for system
tables?

T.

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Tue, 11 Jul 2000 13:46:15 -0700
"Timothy H. Keitt" <keitt@nceas.ucsb.edu>
system tables