Re: COMMENT ON [GROUP/USER]

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
Cc: Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: COMMENT ON [GROUP/USER]
Date: 2004-03-08 21:36:14
Message-ID: 200403082136.i28LaEU22336@candle.pha.pa.us
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Rod Taylor wrote:
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> On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 15:46, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > This doesn't look good. If we throw a WARNING, why do we not insert
> > anything into pg_description. Seems we should throw an error, or do the
> > insert with a warning.
>
> It used to be an error, but that had problems with pg_restore (it
> doesn't like errors). When it was changed to a warning, I think it was
> still reasonable to leave it out of pg_description in anticipation of
> the syntax being changed to:
>
> COMMENT ON DATABASE IS 'Hello';
>
> The above always applies the comment to the current database.

OK, I added a comment to the C code:

ereport(WARNING, /* throw just a warning so pg_restore doesn't fail */

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