Re: ALTER OBJECT any_name SET SCHEMA name

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ALTER OBJECT any_name SET SCHEMA name
Date: 2010-11-21 18:03:17
Message-ID: 20101121180317.GB7424@fetter.org
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On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 07:53:57AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > Ah, nuts.  I see now there's a v7.  Never mind...
>
> OK. I looked at the right version, now. Hopefully.
>
> It seems we have no regression tests at all for any of the existing
> SET SCHEMA commands. This seems like a good time to correct that
> oversight, and also add some for the new commands you're adding here.
> (It might be helpful to submit the regression tests for the existing
> commands as a separate patch.) Also, you're missing psql tab
> completion support, which would be nice to have.
>
> In CheckSetNamespace() you have the message 'already exists in schema'
> there where the existing, similar checks say 'is already in schema',
> which is a bit confusing. But that code looks useful, and in fact I
> think we should use it for the existing object types also to avoid
> code duplication.

Should this really error out? It's just a NOOP, so perhaps a NOTICE
would be more appropriate.

Cheers,
David.
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