Re: Extensions versus pg_upgrade

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Extensions versus pg_upgrade
Date: 2011-02-09 14:47:37
Message-ID: 11538.1297262857@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr> writes:
> As far as upgrade script for contrib extensions are concerned, we will
> be able to produce them from SQL, right?

Hm, interesting idea, but I'm afraid that pg_describe_object doesn't
produce exactly the syntax you need.

I had personally been thinking of generating the contrib upgrade scripts
via search-and-replace on the existing uninstall scripts.

regards, tom lane

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