Re: [ADMIN] Problems with enums after pg_upgrade

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bernhard Schrader <bernhard(dot)schrader(at)innogames(dot)de>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Problems with enums after pg_upgrade
Date: 2012-12-18 20:20:07
Message-ID: 50D0CFF7.5030606@dunslane.net
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On 12/18/2012 02:58 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> He's upgrading from 9.0, which didn't have enum extension at all, and
>> where odd enums didn't mean anything special.
> Really? The noncontiguous pg_enum OIDs shown in
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2012-12/msg01089.php
> suggest strongly that *something's* been done to that type since
> it was created.

That's what he said.

People have been known to hack pg_enum on their own, especially before
we added enum extension.

Of course, if they do that they get to keep both pieces.

cheers

andrew

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