Re: search_path vs extensions

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
Subject: Re: search_path vs extensions
Date: 2009-05-27 23:57:00
Message-ID: 4A1DD34C.2030907@agliodbs.com
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Tom,

> I think what this discussion is about is trying to gauge just what
> amount of support we could give someone who insisted on dropping each
> extension into a different schema. It's not really related to how
> we track which objects belong to which extension.

Really, they're on their own.

Either we drop everything into a standard pg_extensions schema (which is
then programmatically part of the search path, like pg_catalog is) or we
don't install them to any particular schema and leave it up to the DBA
to work out any search_path issues on their own.

Personally, if we're tracking stuff through special dependancies which
pg_dump will be aware of anyway, I don't see why extension objects
should go into a special schema.

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
www.pgexperts.com

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