Re: Table versions - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Table versions
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Msg-id 15525.1067449780@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Table versions  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> This still suffers from one major deficiency. The order that objects are
> outputed isn't necessarily consistent between databases. If I add tables to
> the development server but then add them to the production server in a
> different order the schema still shows differences even though the objects in
> the two databases are identical.

Yeah.  Stef may be able to handle this by comparing single-table dumps
rather than an overall pg_dump.  In the long run pg_dump's logic for
ordering objects needs a wholesale rewrite --- maybe that will happen
for 7.5.

            regards, tom lane

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