Re: WIP: extensible enums - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: WIP: extensible enums
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Msg-id 13890.1287346206@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: WIP: extensible enums  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On 10/17/2010 03:17 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I think what this says is that we cannot allow any manipulations that
>> involve an uncommitted enum value.  Probably the easiest way is to make
>> the ALTER TYPE operation disallowed-inside-transaction-block.  That's
>> pretty ugly, but doesn't seem like a serious restriction in practice
>> (though for example it'd mean we couldn't use it in pg_dump).

> Even in binary upgrade mode?

Binary upgrade can probably be treated as a special case.
        regards, tom lane


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