Re: erroneous restore into pg_catalog schema

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Marko Kreen <markokr(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, "pgsql-hackers\(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Kohei KaiGai <kaigai(at)kaigai(dot)gr(dot)jp>
Subject: Re: erroneous restore into pg_catalog schema
Date: 2013-06-11 08:33:29
Message-ID: m2ip1l59nq.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> writes:
> What happens with the default settings when you try to install two
> extensions that have overlapping function signatures..? I can't imagine
> it 'just works'.. And then what? Is there a way that an admin can set
> up search paths for individual users which provide the 'right' function
> and work even when the user decides to change their search_path?

That entirely depends on how the extension script is written. Making it
possible to have two versions concurrently installed require a non
trivial amount of efforts, but I don't think the extension facility gets
in the way at all, currently.

Regards,
--
Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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