Re: [patch] pg_upgrade script for 8.3->8.4

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [patch] pg_upgrade script for 8.3->8.4
Date: 2008-12-04 19:45:05
Message-ID: 20081204194505.GA20486@fetter.org
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On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 05:57:01PM +0100, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I attached pg_upgrade.sh script patch which works now for 8.3->8.4. It is
> contrib module in contrib/pg_upgrade directory. Just make/make install
> and it works.

Kudos!

> 4) script is written in ksh. It has several problems. First is that
> it does not work on win, second is that it needs extra magic to
> escape any stupid object names. Bruce has suggested to rewrite it
> to PERL. It is maybe good idea but I'm not really PERL guru - any
> volunteers?

I'll give it a whirl today :)

Cheers,
David (oh, and it's Perl ;)
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