Re: pg_migrator and an 8.3-compatible tsvector data type

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>, Teodor Sigaev <teodor(at)sigaev(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: pg_migrator and an 8.3-compatible tsvector data type
Date: 2009-05-30 17:30:29
Message-ID: 200905301730.n4UHUT400584@momjian.us
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > > I have discovered a simpler solution using ALTER TABLE and calling a
> > > conversion function:
> >
> > > test=> CREATE TABLE tsvector_test(x tsvector);
> > > CREATE TABLE
> > > test=> ALTER TABLE tsvector_test ALTER COLUMN x TYPE tsvector
> > > test-> USING conversion_func(x);
> > > ALTER TABLE
> >
> > > No need for a fake data type and the required index infrastructure.
> >
> > I think this is basically a large-caliber foot gun. You're going to

Uh, isn't pg_migrator itself a large-caliber foot gun? No need to call
just part of it a foot gun. ;-)

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