| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>, Anssi Kääriäinen <anssi(dot)kaariainen(at)thl(dot)fi>, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPGRADE, v3 |
| Date: | 2011-02-03 18:47:37 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTikGkx=nxyQ_vSM6PfkogYtaO45rdk10vS65cE0D@mail.gmail.com |
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On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:10 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
> On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Well, pg_upgrade is designed to work within a major-version series, eg
>> you could do a 9.1-to-9.1 upgrade if you needed to install a newer
>> version of an extension. Admittedly, this is swinging a rather larger
>> hammer than "apply an upgrade script" would entail.
>
> Dude. That's a frigging piledriver!
That's putting it mildly. It's more like sending a rocket into outer
space to tweak the orbit of a comet so that it crashes into your
barbecue grill to light a fire so you can roast marshmallows.
--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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