Re: Schema version management

From: Joel Jacobson <joel(at)trustly(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Schema version management
Date: 2012-07-05 07:15:35
Message-ID: CAASwCXcLBQkxdd48kU-CfnuN6vy_-oatwz14iRcs+AiObT=0pA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> My vote is - when there's an overloaded function, put each version in
> its own file. And name the files something like
> functionname_something.sql. And just document that something may not
> be entirely stable.

I would agree that's better if the dump order isn't deterministic.

However, it looks like an easy fix to make the dump order deterministic:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2012-07/msg00232.php

If the dump order is deterministic, I think its cleaner to put all versions
in the same file.

Benefits:
+ Pretty looking filename
+ Same file structure for all object types, no special exception for
functions

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