| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: contrib function naming, and upgrade issues |
| Date: | 2009-03-23 23:10:32 |
| Message-ID: | 4635.1237849832@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> writes:
> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom> A defining SQL script is the way to go.
> But I disagree with this, for the simple reason that we don't have
> anything like enough flexibility in the form of conditional DDL or
> error handling, when working in pure SQL without any procedural help.
So? You can have the script create, execute, and remove a function,
and thereby perform any operation that a function could possibly
perform for you.
regards, tom lane
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