Re: pg_restore casts check constraints differently

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Joshua Ma <josh(at)benchling(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Victor Pontis <victor(at)benchling(dot)com>
Subject: Re: pg_restore casts check constraints differently
Date: 2016-03-30 02:40:46
Message-ID: 10332.1459305646@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> It's not really different. What you're seeing is pg_dump (or actually
>> ruleutils.c) choosing to dump some implicit casts explicitly to ensure
>> that the expression is parsed the same way next time.

> Why don't we just use ruleutils.c to generate \d results so that what we
> end up showing is canonical?

We do. AFAIK, what psql's \d shows in these cases is the same as what
pg_dump will print. Joshua's complaint is that it isn't necessarily
identical to what was input.

regards, tom lane

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