Re: I incrementally altered my database into a state where backups couldn't be restored.

[Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>]

Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Adam Tomjack wrote:
> > I was able to put my database into a state where I couldn't restore a
> > backup without manually editing the backup file.
>
> I can't reproduce that on 8.1 or 8.2 or CVS HEAD. pg_dump produces this 
> CREATE statement for the view:
>
> CREATE VIEW v_a_b_c AS
>     SELECT b.aid, b.bid, c.cid FROM ((b JOIN c USING (bid)) JOIN a USING 
> (aid));
>
> Not the CREATE OR REPLACE with a SELECT * you posted.

Greg Stark pointed out that the above doesn't work either, though it's 
not the exact same output you posted.

I don't see any feasible way to fix that, unfortunately. We'd need to 
rewrite view definition quite a bit behind the scenes.

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