Re: [PATCH] "\ef " in psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCH] "\ef " in psql
Date
Msg-id 15044.1216824603@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCH] "\ef " in psql  (Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@oryx.com>)
Responses Re: [PATCH] "\ef " in psql  ("Marko Kreen" <markokr@gmail.com>)
Re: [PATCH] "\ef " in psql  (Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@oryx.com>)
Re: [PATCH] "\ef " in psql  ("Asko Oja" <ascoja@gmail.com>)
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Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams@oryx.com> writes:
> At 2008-07-17 18:28:19 -0400, tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
>> It wouldn't take a whole lot to convince me that a pg_get_functiondef
>> would be useful, although I don't foresee either of those applications
>> wanting to use it because of their backward-compatibility constraints.

> What would the function return? "CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION ..."? Would
> that be good enough for everyone who might want to call it?

I think I'd go with CREATE FUNCTION for simplicity.  It would be easy
enough for something like \ef to splice in OR REPLACE before shipping
the command back to the server.
        regards, tom lane


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