postgresql/doc
Fujii Masao 67490b55f3 doc: Clarify pg_get_sequence_data() NULL-return cases
The documentation previously said that pg_get_sequence_data() returns
a row of NULL values if the sequence does not exist or if the current
user lacks privileges on it. This was incomplete and could be misleading.
A nonexistent relation name is rejected during regclass input conversion,
while the function returns NULLs for a nonexistent relation OID and
several other cases.

This commit clarifies that the function returns NULLs when the specified
relation OID does not exist, the relation is not a sequence, the current
user lacks SELECT privilege on the sequence, the sequence belongs to
another session's temporary schema, or it is an unlogged sequence on
a standby server.

Author: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAA4eK1JOo0aJRhFHNWpj3hMwaTtNOopY34f1Lh_QD=z=+DrzWQ@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 19
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