From: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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To: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "David Fetter" <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, "Patches \(PostgreSQL\)" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: updated WIP: arrays of composites |
Date: | 2007-05-11 18:57:48 |
Message-ID: | 878xbv89xv.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com |
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"Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> * I'm a bit concerned about dump order. If a user wants to create
> types named "foo" and "_foo", he can, but it will only work if he
> makes "_foo" first --- else the derived type for foo is in the way.
> Since pg_dump has no clue about that constraint, it might easily
> dump "foo" first leading to an unrestorable dump. The most usable
> solution would be to auto-rename previously created array types,
> but I dunno how implementable that would be.
BTW, why exactly do we need array types to have names at all? The only
user-visible way to refer to these types is always by foo[] isn't it?
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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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