Re: Re: [BUGS] BUG #7873: pg_restore --clean tries to drop tables that don't exist

I'll prepare patch

2013/11/27 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>

> Dean Rasheed <dean(dot)a(dot)rasheed(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Actually the IF EXISTS in DROP TABLE now applies to the schema as
> > well. Unfortunately there is currently no consistency across the
> > various DROP commands --- some tolerate a non-existent schema, while
> > others error out.
>
> Yeah. I think now that we've had this discussion, we should make them
> all tolerate a non-existent schema. I'm fine with having that happen
> over a series of patches rather than all at once though.
>
> > Also amongst those that tolerate a non-existent
> > schema, the resulting notices are not consistent --- some report the
> > schema-qualified object name, while others just report the local
> > object name.
>
> Less excited about this part, but on the whole I'd vote for the "schema
> "no_such_schema" does not exist" wording in cases where the schema isn't
> there. The other way is less specific for no very good reason.
>
> regards, tom lane
>