| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>, Anssi Kääriäinen <anssi(dot)kaariainen(at)thl(dot)fi>, Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: ALTER EXTENSION UPGRADE, v3 |
| Date: | 2011-02-03 19:02:18 |
| Message-ID: | 26611.1296759738@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:10 PM, David E. Wheeler <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Well, pg_upgrade is designed to work within a major-version series, eg
>>> you could do a 9.1-to-9.1 upgrade if you needed to install a newer
>>> version of an extension. Admittedly, this is swinging a rather larger
>>> hammer than "apply an upgrade script" would entail.
>> Dude. That's a frigging piledriver!
> That's putting it mildly. It's more like sending a rocket into outer
> space to tweak the orbit of a comet so that it crashes into your
> barbecue grill to light a fire so you can roast marshmallows.
No, it's more like using a sledgehammer to swat a fly because you don't
have a flyswatter and aren't inclined to drive ten miles to buy one.
It'll get the job done, and the added cost of building/maintaining a
more finely calibrated tool may well outweigh the value.
regards, tom lane
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