Re: pg_migrator and handling dropped columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_migrator and handling dropped columns
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Msg-id 11495.1234458087@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_migrator and handling dropped columns  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: pg_migrator and handling dropped columns
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I can think of three possible solutions, all involve recreating and
> dropping the dropped column in the new schema:

(4) add a switch to pg_dump to include dropped columns in its
schema output and then drop them.  This seems far more maintainable
than writing separate code that tries to parse the output.
        regards, tom lane


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