Re: [PATCH] Store Extension Options

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Fabrizio Mello <fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Store Extension Options
Date: 2014-01-06 03:08:02
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZLe9Muwjz-5=RqXGwqq=4tMeJP0FB4Z6RnyG6+XBHRqQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>>> I would suggest addressing Robert's concern about lack of error checking
>>> by refusing to allow a custom reloption to be set unless the relevant
>>> extension is loaded and checks it. Unlike the postgresql.conf problem,
>>> I don't see any very good use-case for allowing an unchecked ALTER TABLE
>>> to occur.
>
>> How do you plan to resolve the associated dump/restore hazard?
>
> pg_dump creates extensions before tables, no? So what dump/restore
> hazard?

Creating the extension doesn't guarantee that the shared library will
always be loaded. If nothing else, think about partial restores.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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